Persuasion with Partisanship: The Informational Content of Policymaking with Application to U.S. Governors

• In Event: Information, Learning, and Decision-making in Politics

Brief Overview

Studies why executives may pursue more or less partisan policies to signal political skill and win reelection. First half develops theoretical model, second half validates model on novel panel of US governors' policy proposals.

Author

• Hassan Sayed, Center for Global Development