Banking on Politics

New data are presented for a large number of countries on how frequently former high-ranking politicians become bank directors. Politician-banker connections at this level are relatively rare, but their frequency is robustly correlated with many important characteristics of banks and institutions. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Braun, Matías, Raddatz, Claudio
Format: Journal Article
Published: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4521