We experimentally investigate the optimal way to handle the uncovering of a noble lie, that is, a lie that supposedly is in the best interest of a given community. For this purpose, we analyze a public good game with feedback to group members on the average contributions of the other group...

This paper sets out to theoretically conceptualise and empirically describe the potential ability of ministerial bureaucracies to influence policy-making. The theoretical framework describes the chances for bureaucracies to influence policymaking as accruing from three sources: the...

Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage der parlamentarischen Kontrolle der Exekutive in 22 westlichen Demokratien. Ausgehend von der Principal-Agent-Theorie zielt er darauf ab, die Instrumente und Ressourcen zu analysieren, die Parlamenten in westlichen Demokratien zur Kontrolle...