The Relevancy Game: Incentivizing Government Officials to Use Academic Research through Increased Relevancy

• In Event: Poster Session: Governance and Public Administration

Brief Overview

Bureaucrats need the information that academic research provides. In a randomized controlled experiment, we explore the causal relationship between providing more relevant study results in the initial contact and interest in learning more.

Authors

• Aubriana Wolferts, Brigham Young Univeristy

• Darren Hawkins, Brigham Young University-Provo