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The Politics of Patronage and the Consequences of Civil Service Reform: Evidence from the US

Sat, April 5, 9:50 to 11:20am CDT (9:50 to 11:20am CDT), Palmer House Hilton, Floor: 7th, Clark 3

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We study the effect of the Pendleton Act of 1883 on patterns of bureaucratic employment using new data on nearly two million officeholders who served between 1851 and 1917.

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