Vetting for Virtue: Democracy's Challenge in Excluding Criminals from Office New CESifo wp. with Sigurd S. Arntzen & Rune Sørensen cesifo.org/en/publication… [1/9]

I am incredibly excited to share my first working paper with Jon Fiva and Rune Sørensen! We study the criminal backgrounds of Norwegian local politicians. Check out the thread below for a deeper dive into our findings and results!

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Politikerne er mer lovlydige enn folk flest. Sigurd S. Arntzen, Rune Sørensen og jeg skriver om vårt siste paper i dagens Aftenposten. aftenposten.no/meninger/kroni…

Vetting for Virtue: Democracy’s Challenge in Excluding Criminals from Office |Sigurd S. Arntzen Jon H. Fiva, Rune J. Sørensen #econtwitter cesifo.org/en/publication…

Finally in print at the APSR! With Mai Hassan and Stuart Russell

1/ Thread 🧵 new paper with E. Dal Bó, Fred Finan and P. Pessoa. With a crisis of legitimacy of politicians and parties across many countries, how can we bring new people into politics? People that abide to democratic values and become good politicians? drive.google.com/file/d/1Lm8O1_…