01100pab a2200169 454500 180718b2009 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d leaver, Clare Bureaucratic minimal squawk behavior: theory and evidence from regulatory agencies 2009 p.572-607. Jun This paper develops a model in which a desire to avoid criticism prompts otherwise public-spirited bureaucrats to behave inefficiently. Decisions are taken to keep interest groups quiet and to keep mistakes out of the public eye. The policy implications of this "minimal squqawk" behavior are at odds with the view that agencies should be structured to minimize the threat of "capture". An empirical test using data from US State Public Utility Commissions rejects the capture hypothesis and is consistent with the squawk hypothesis: longer PUC terms of office are associated with a higher incidence of rate reviews and lower household electricity bills. - Reproduced. Civil service American Economic Review N 83570 83570 83570 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 99, Issue no: 3 AR84030 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR