Blame-Games, the Media and Discretionary Behaviour of Bureaucrats

This paper investigates the negative effect of media reports on the provision of public goods by bureaucratic agencies. I provide a simple career concerns model where negative publicity in the media can affect the bureaucrat's future wage. The proposition of the model is tested using data of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' spending on flood protection from 1968-2008.

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Year of publication:	2010-05
Authors:	Raschky, Paul A.
Institutions:	Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Business School
Subject:	Theory of Bureaucracy \| Blame-Shifting \| Natural Hazards

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Monash Economics Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 07-10 18 pages
Classification:	D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; D73 - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption ; Q54 - Climate; Natural Disasters
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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