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Research Assistants

Mapping the research on revolving doors between firms and government

The firm-government revolving door is a term used to describe the movement of employees between firms and governmental entities that have jurisdiction over those very firms. For example, an individual may be employed as a regulator at time t, and then become a lobbyist (for the previously regulated industry) at time t +1. There is, of course, a robust literature on this phenomenon within economics, political science, and non market strategy. The Scarf RA(s) for this project would help me update my collection of papers on the revolving doors by conducting a thorough literature review, as well as coding of the papers. The coding would involve distilling information from the papers into Excel, such that a meta-analysis could later be conducted/a review article could be written.

Requisite Skills and Qualifications:

Ability to read and understand quantitative and qualitative research across various social sciences; attention to detail; Economics or Political Science coursework would be a plus.