• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Choosing a Public-Spirited Leader. An Experimental Investigation of Political Selection
  • Beteiligte: Markussen, Thomas [VerfasserIn]; Tyran, Jean-Robert [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
  • Erschienen: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2017]
  • Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (32 p)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2940232
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  • Beschreibung: In this experiment, voters select a leader who can either act in the public interest, i.e. make efficient and equitable policy choices, or act in a corrupt way, i.e. use public funds for private gain. Voters can observe candidates' pro-social behavior and their score in a cognitive ability test prior to the election, and this fact is known to candidates. Therefore, self-interested candidates have incentives to act in a pro-social manner, i.e. to pretend to be public-spirited leaders. We find that both truly pro-social and egoistic leaders co-exist, but that political selection is ineffective in choosing public-spirited leaders. The main reason is that egoistic candidates strategically pretend to be pro-social to increase their chances of winning the election
  • Anmerkungen: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments March 2, 2017 erstellt
  • Zugangsstatus: Freier Zugang