Table 1: The duration, in years, of...

Table 1:

The duration, in years, of first intendant appointments sorted by prior experience of maîtres des requêtes (MOR).

Period	All			1640-1690			1691-1740			1741-1789
Period	N	Mean	s.d.	N	Mean	s.d.	N	Mean	s.d.	N	Mean	s.d.
MOR	204	5.8	6.0	75	4.4	5.2	67	6.7	6.5	62	6.4	6.1
No MOR	211	5.5	5.8	88	4.7	5.0	59	6.1	6.7	64	5.9	6.0

Period	All	1640-1690	1691-1740	1741-1789
MOR	204	5.8	6.0	75	4.4	5.2	67	6.7	6.5	62	6.4	6.1
No MOR	211	5.5	5.8	88	4.7	5.0	59	6.1	6.7	64	5.9	6.0

Notes: Periods are grouped approximately by 50 years. S.d. denotes standard deviation. In the top row, there are fifteen intendants who come to hold the maitre office after serving as intendants, as shown in Figure 4. They are omitted from analysis.

Source: See the Empirical Strategy section.

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