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Reputation versus the need for enemies
[Réputation versus besoin d'ennemis]

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  • Maxime Menuet

    (CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne, LEO - Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orleans [FRE2014] - UO - Université d'Orléans - UT - Université de Tours - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Patrick Villieu

    (LEO - Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orleans [FRE2014] - UO - Université d'Orléans - UT - Université de Tours - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Why don't politicians solve undesirable problems? One reason is that politicians may be induced not to solve the problems in order to keep an electoral advantage. This article shows that, if the politicians' career depends on the problems they can solve with competence, the reforms they will implement will result from the trade-off between reputation and the need to keep enemies alive.

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  • Maxime Menuet & Patrick Villieu, 2020. "Reputation versus the need for enemies [Réputation versus besoin d'ennemis]," Post-Print hal-03514044, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03514044
    Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://uca.hal.science/hal-03514044
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    Economie politique; Besoin d'ennemis;

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