Power corrupts, but can office ennoble?
By: Brennan, Geoffrey.
Contributor(s): Pettit, Philip.
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ArticlePublisher: 2002Description: p.157-78.Subject(s): Corruption
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KyklosSummary: This paper investigates the effects of increased power associated with higher office on the quality of agent performnce, within the context of a model in which agents care about what others think of them. They care that is about the esteem they enjoy. The object is to conduct a simple comparative static exercise in the `economy of esteem', isolating the various dimensions of the relation between office held and esteem-related incentives to perform in a more estimable way. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 55, Issue no: 2 | Available | AR53030 |
This paper investigates the effects of increased power associated with higher office on the quality of agent performnce, within the context of a model in which agents care about what others think of them. They care that is about the esteem they enjoy. The object is to conduct a simple comparative static exercise in the `economy of esteem', isolating the various dimensions of the relation between office held and esteem-related incentives to perform in a more estimable way. - Reproduced.
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