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2 - Identifying Businesspeople Who Run for Office

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2020

David Szakonyi
Affiliation:
George Washington University, Washington DC
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This chapter presents the empirical setting in Russia and then introduces and describes the data used to test the main arguments throughout the book. First, I describe how businesspeople became attracted to running for office in Russia since the fall of the USSR and defend my focus on regional legislatures as the best level of government to study their candidacies. Next, I document the firm-, candidate-, and region-level data sources and describe the Python algorithm used to match candidates with firms. I then present summary statistics about the types of candidates, firms and sectors connected to businessperson candidacy in Russia from 2004–2011.

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Politics for Profit
Business, Elections, and Policymaking in Russia
, pp. 79 - 100
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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