Verifiable Advice to a Biased Policymaker

• In Event: Information Transmission

Brief Overview

We examine communication between a biased policymaker and a conservative bureaucratic agency. We show that increased policymaker bias improves agency disclosure. Introducing a revelation bonus enhances disclosure but may counteract policymaker bias.

Authors

• Anna Denisenko, University of Rochester

• Catherine I. Hafer, New York University

• Dimitri Landa, New York University