Pandering and state-specific costs of mismatch in political agency
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Keywords
Asymmetric mismatch; Pandering; Political agency; Special interest groups; Populism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- 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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