Are we Better Off if our Politicians Have More Information?
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- Johan Lagerlöf, 2004. "Are We Better Off if Our Politicians Have More Information?," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 106(1), pages 123-142, March.
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Keywords
Public information acquisition; Value of information; Welfare; Interest groups; Informational lobbying; Strategic delegation;All these keywords.
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- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-POL-2003-07-13 (Positive Political Economics)
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