Hindsight-biased evaluation of political decision makers

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1621-1634

  Schuett, Florian ^a   Wagner, Alexander K ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hindsight bias; Memory distortions; Policy gambles; Political agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055140595     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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