Besley, Timothy and Larcinese, Valentino (2005) Working or shirking? A closer look at MPs’ expenses and parliamentary attendance. Political Economy and Public Policy Paper (PEPP/15). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
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Abstract
This paper studies determinants of MPs expense claims in Parliament using the data released under the freedom of information act in 2004. Using a multiple regression framework, we correlate expenses with three sets of variables: constituency characteristics, party affiliation and individual characteristics. We also look at the ratio of parliamentary expenses claimed to votes cast in parliament as a crude measure of value for money. 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: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/series.... |
| Additional Information: | © 2005 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Government STICERD Economics |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 23:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/3609 |
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