Full transparency of politicians' actions does not increase the quality of political representation

We identify the impact of transparency in political decision -making on the quality of political representation with a difference- in-difference strategy. The quality of political representation is measured by observed divergence of parliamentary decisions from revealed voter preferences on the very same issues. Full transparency of votes of individual politicians does not decrease divergence from voter preferences.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Stadelmann, David ; Portmann, Marco ; Eichenberger, Reiner
Publisher:	Zürich : Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)
Subject:	Transparency \| quality of political decisions \| representation \| parliament \| individual votes \| referenda

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Series:	CREMA Working Paper ; 2013-17
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/214541 [Handle] RePEc:cra:wpaper:2013-17 [RePEc]
Classification:	D70 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making. General ; D80 - Information and Uncertainty. General ; H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
Source:	EconStor

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