Patronage or Signaling: How Mayors Use City Payroll to Stay in Office

Several studies on municipal hiring decisions have indicated that when a city’s payroll grows, its mayor’s re-election prospects are likely to improve. It is not clear, however, if such an effect is attributable to patronage-driven, or signaling-driven, behavior of the incumbents. The difference is...

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Main Author: Vobolevičius Vincentas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:International Journal of Area Studies
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijas.2016.11.issue-2/ijas-2016-0008/ijas-2016-0008.xml?format=INT