Braendle Thomas

Voters and Representatives: How Should Representatives Be Selected? Publication Archived

Institutions systematically affect which individuals gain positions in the different branchesof democratic government. Given agents' discretion in decision-making, their characteristics matter for policy choices. This perspective of politic...

Selection of Public Servants into Politics Publication Archived

Countries differ substantially in how they deal with politicians that come from the publicsector. Most constitutions include incompatibility and ineligibility rules due to concerns about conflicts of interest and the politicization of the p...

Bureaucrats in Parliament: Theory and Evidence on Its Determinants in Germany Publication Archived

This paper addresses the personal linkages between the public administration and the legislature that emerge because public servants pursue a political mandate. There are concerns that the strong representation of bureaucrats in many Wester...