Capitol investments the marketability of political skills /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parker, Glenn R., 1946-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
Series:Economics, cognition, and society.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Politicians, institutions, and human capital; or, Becker goes to Washington
  • Methodology : data and variables
  • Congress as workplace : the production of marketable human capital
  • Returns to specialized training : career mobility and grooming lobbyists
  • Returns to general training : competitive wages--but at a price
  • Summary of findings and implications.