Besley, Timothy and Larcinese, Valentino ORCID: 0000-0002-7780-3093 (2011) Working or shirking?: expenses and attendance in the UK parliament. Public Choice, 146 (3-4). pp. 291-317. ISSN 0048-5829
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This paper studies the determinants of MPs' expense claims and of their attendance at Parliamentary meetings. Using a multiple regression framework, we correlate the expenses with three sets of variables: constituency characteristics, political variables, and individual characteristics. We then look at the ratio of parliamentary expenses claimed to votes cast in Parliament as a crude measure of value for money. This take on the data provides a somewhat benign view of the usage of expense claims. We use the results to reflect on two views of the motivation of MPs-the public choice view and the public service view.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | http://www.springer.com/economics/public+finance/j... |
Additional Information: | © 2011 Springer |
Divisions: | Economics Government |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2011 13:59 |
Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2024 00:51 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/33462 |
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