Prestige and Personal Connections in a Bureaucracy of Violence: Promotions of High-Level Officers in the German Wehrmacht during World War II

• In Event: Political Economy of Meritocracy and Bureaucratic Organization

Brief Overview

Even in highly formalized bureaucracies thought to be merit-based, discretion, heuristics, and social ties shape careers; we test this with data on top-level promotions in the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

Authors

• Jan P. Vogler, Aarhus University

• Matthias Scheu, University of Konstanz