A Question of Value(S): Political Connectedness and Executive Compensation in Public Sector Organizations
基于奥地利公共部门数据，研究董事会成员的政治关联与高管薪酬的因果关系，区分基于价值和利益的内群体，发现只有价值型政治关联才能恢复作为控制工具的庇护关系。
While the de-politicization of public sector management was a core objective of past reform initiatives, more recent debates urge the state to act as a strong principal when it comes to public sector unity and policy coherence - and consequently make a case for reinvigorating links between the political and managerial sphere. Using data from Austrian public sector organizations, we test and confirm the causal relationship of political connectedness of board members and executive compensation. Differentiating between value-based and interest-based in-groups, we suggest that only value-based political connectedness has the potential to restore patronage as a control instrument and governance tool. Self-interested and reward-driven patronage, on the other hand, indicated by a strong association of political connectedness and executive pay, refers to the type of politicization that previous public sector reforms promised to abolish.