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

Sat, April 25, 3:20 to 4:50pm CDT (3:20 to 4:50pm CDT), TBA

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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.

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