Before revision:  The paper estimates the effects of being excepted from amnesty on elites' future wealth and political power using a regression discontinuity design  . Results on a sample of delegates to Reconstruction conventions show that exclusion from amnesty substantially decreases the likelihood of holding political office .
After revision:  The paper estimates the effects of being excepted from amnesty on elites' future wealth and political power using a regression discontinuity design that compares individuals just above and below a wealth threshold that determined exclusion from amnesty . Results on a sample of delegates to Reconstruction conventions show that exclusion from amnesty substantially decreases the likelihood of holding political office .