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Who is more powerful IAS or politician? 

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In this case, the less-wealthy interest group who is not targeted by the politician is better off.
We show that citizens want the ideal-type politician to be more emotionally stable, extravert-assertive, more deliberate-conscientious and open, more honest, but also somewhat more disagreeable than the average citizen.
Research has shown that people who feel powerful are more likely to act than those who feel powerless, whereas people who feel ambivalent are less likely to act than those whose reactions are univalent (entirely positive or entirely negative).
Voters prefer a politician who shares their views over one who is merely consistent ― contrary to the intuitive judgments of voters and politicians alike
In a large cabinet, all power should be given to the most moderate politician.
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Robin Boadway, Motohiro Sato 
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When project characteristics are multi-dimensional, the politician can choose whether to seek advice from one bureaucrat or more than one.
Such preferential treatment escalates with the strength of the connected politician.
Furthermore, the former is more general and powerful than the latter.
This leads to the conclusion that the leader is someone who is both powerful and powerless.
The bits of evidence we gathered are more consistent with a politician-entrepreneur than a politician-intermediary.