While effective bureaucracy is crucial for state capacity, its decision-making remains a black box. We elicit …

in an entire modern bureaucracy. By linking confidential information on family ties and administrative employer …

We study the consequences of populism for government performance and the quality of bureaucracy. When voters lose trust …

Purpose - Non-politicized bureaucracy plays a fundamental role in the survival of states during times of transition and … drastic change. Moreover, non-politicized bureaucracy protects state institutions from failing. In fact, state survival … bureaucracy (SSB), as an alternative to Deep State, obtains all mechanisms for the sustainability of the state, both its entity …

A well-functioning bureaucracy is a precondition for efficient public goods provision. However, bureaucratic decision …