Blanes i Vidal, Jordi; Leaver, Clare - In: Journal of Public Economics 95 (2011) 7-8, pp. 570-586
Tenured public officials such as judges are often thought to be insulated from political pressure and, as a result, indifferent to the concerns of the electorate. We investigate this proposition empirically using data on promotion decisions taken by senior English judges between 1985 and 2005....
