• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Starving and Deceiving? How Disasters Reshape Politicians’ Lies
  • Beteiligte: Fan, Xinyu [Verfasser:in]; Chen, Shuo [Verfasser:in]; Wang, Xuanyi [Verfasser:in]
  • Erschienen: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2023]
  • Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (38 p)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4497158
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  • Schlagwörter: Famine ; Lies ; Politicians ; GDP Manipulation
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  • Anmerkungen: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 1, 2023 erstellt
  • Beschreibung: Dishonest politicians can be highly detrimental to economic development. How do disasters reshape politicians’ lies? Using data from the tragic famine in China (1959-1961), we employ a difference-in-differences approach to show that public officials with childhood (0-6 years) famine exposure are less manipulative in local GDP calculations, and the reduction in manipulation is more significant for officials more severely impacted by the disaster. We further reveal that famine-exposed local politicians take stronger moral stances on honesty, and are thus more reluctant to lie. The paper highlights how false policymaking alters the long-term welfare of society through occupational externalities
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