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Are we better off if our politicians know how the economy works?

Geht es uns besser, wenn unsere Politiker wissen, wie die Wirtschaft funktioniert?
[working paper]

Lagerlöf, Johan

Corporate Editor
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Abstract

"Diese Arbeit untersucht staatliche Politik und Wohlfahrt in einer Gesellschaft, in der die von den Bürgern bevorzugte staatliche Politik in unterschiedlichem Maße von der Unsicherheit der Systemzustände abhängt. Die Menschen sind heterogen hinsichtlich ihrer Akzeptanz der Unsicherheit. Die staatlic... view more

"Diese Arbeit untersucht staatliche Politik und Wohlfahrt in einer Gesellschaft, in der die von den Bürgern bevorzugte staatliche Politik in unterschiedlichem Maße von der Unsicherheit der Systemzustände abhängt. Die Menschen sind heterogen hinsichtlich ihrer Akzeptanz der Unsicherheit. Die staatliche Politik wird durch einen Gesetzgeber geregelt, der unter den Bürgern durch Mehrheitsbeschluß gewählt wurde. Unter Annahme dieser Bedingungen wird untersucht, ob es den Bürgern besser gehen würde, wenn das Maß an Unsicherheit, dem der Gesetzgeber begegnet, kleiner wäre. Die Resultate zeigen u. a., daß es jenen, die eine ausreichende Akzeptanz des defizitären Wissenszustandes besitzen, schlechter gehen kann, wenn die Varianz der stochastischen Variablen abnimmt." (Autorenreferat)... view less


"This paper concerns public policy and welfare in a society where citizens' preferences over public policy depend, in varying degrees, on some unknown state of the world. That is, people are heterogenous with respect to their responsiveness to the unknown state. Public policy is decided on by a poli... view more

"This paper concerns public policy and welfare in a society where citizens' preferences over public policy depend, in varying degrees, on some unknown state of the world. That is, people are heterogenous with respect to their responsiveness to the unknown state. Public policy is decided on by a policymaker who is elected among the citizens by majority vote. Given this framework it is asked whether the citizens would be better off if the amount of uncertainty that the policymaker is facing were smaller. Among the results is that those who are sufficiently responsive to the unknown state may be worse off if the variance of the stochastic variable decreases." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
system; economic model; security; risk; economic system; citizen; level of information; legislative; knowledge; welfare; economic policy; political system; acceptance; politics; economy; politician

Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Political Economy
Economic Policy

Method
theory formation; basic research

Document language
English

Publication Year
1998

City
Berlin

Page/Pages
29 p.

Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Marktprozeß und Unternehmensentwicklung, Abteilung Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und industrieller Wandel, 98-7

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