Blame-Games, the Media and Discretionary Behaviour of Bureaucrats
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Due to the public good character of protective measures against natural disasters events, their allocation is very often in the realm of bureaucratic and expert agencies. Based on the economic theory of bureaucracy the behavior of a bureau providing the good ”protection against natural hazards” is analysed. The existing model is extended by further institutional constraints accounting for societal control via media. The main proposition is that negative media reports lead to a subsequent increase in the bureau’s formal output. The propositions of the model are tested using data of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ spending on flood protection from 1968-2008.
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