Populism, the Backlash against Ruling Politicians and the Possible Malfunctioning of Representative Democracy
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Government Performance; Democracy; Representation; Out-of-equilibrium Beliefs.;JEL classification:
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- 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-CDM-2019-10-07 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-MIC-2019-10-07 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-POL-2019-10-07 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2019-10-07 (Social Norms & Social Capital)
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