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100			_aBanerjee, Abhijit V.
245			_aA theory of misgovernance
260			_c1997
300			_ap.1289-1332
362			_aNov
520			_aThis paper tries to explain why government bureaucracies are often associated with red tape, corruption, and lack of incentives. The paper identifies two specific ingredients that together can provide an explanation: the fact that governments often act precisely in situations where markets fail and the presence of agency problems within the government. We show that these problems are exacerbated at low levels of development and in bureaucracies dealing with poor people. We also argue that we need to posit the existence of a welfare-oriented constituency within the government in order to explain red tape and corruption - Reproduced
650			_aBureaucracy
773			_aQuarterly Journal of Economics
909			_a36566
999			_c36566 _d36566