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Chang, Eric., Golden, Miriam. and Hill, Seth. "Electoral Consequences of Political Corruption: The Survival of Politicians Charged with Malfeasance in the Postwar Italian Chamber of Deputies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2011-06-09 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p209264_index.html>

Chang, E. C., Golden, M. A. and Hill, S. J. , 2007-08-30 "Electoral Consequences of Political Corruption: The Survival of Politicians Charged with Malfeasance in the Postwar Italian Chamber of Deputies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2011-06-09 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p209264_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: We study the political careers of members of the Italian Chamber of Deputies during the first eleven postwar legislatures (1948-1994). We utilize a unique dataset from the Italian Ministry of Justice reporting the transmission to the Chamber of more than 3,000 requests for the removal of parliamentary immunity from deputies suspected of criminal wrongdoing. We find that judicial investigation did not discourage deputies from standing for reelection but did affect the probability of achieving reelection. Further analysis shows that judicial inquiry damages the electoral fortunes of legislators in only the last (Eleventh) legislature, while otherwise Italian voters failed to hold politicians accountable. Our work substantiates that voters display relative indifference to the moral culpability of elected officials. Our results for Italy are not much different than for other democratic countries about which information is available, and have implications for theories of political accountability in democratic countries.

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