Ideology, Risk-taking, and Ambition in the Use of Performance Information by Local Politicians

• In Event: Performance Information and Management

Brief Overview

We use a survey experiment to examine how politicians’ ideology, risk-taking, and ambition influence their performance information use. We explore whether career-related personal traits contribute to ideology in explaining politicians’ behavior.

Authors

• Ricardo Andres Bello-Gomez, Rutgers University - Newark

• Jingyan Cheng, Rutgers University - Newark

• Julian F. Bello-López, Escuela Superior de Administración Pública

• Fredy W. Andrade-Pérez, Escuela Superior de Administración Pública