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Episode 4: Do Politicians Know about what Citizens Prefer? -- with Asad Liaqat
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Sep 16, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Do politicians know enough about voters to adequately represent them? Are they responsive to new information about their constituency? How does it affect the representation of marginalized groups?
Asad Liaqat presents the results of large experiment he conducted on politicians in Pakistan, and reveals large information asymmetries in politics.
Recommendations:
- "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity" by Katherine Boo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11869272-behind-the-beautiful-forevers
Paper:
- "No Representation without Information: Politician Responsiveness to Citizen Preferences" by Asad Liaqat
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/asadliaqat/files/jmp.pdf
Asad Liaqat presents the results of large experiment he conducted on politicians in Pakistan, and reveals large information asymmetries in politics.
Recommendations:
- "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity" by Katherine Boo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11869272-behind-the-beautiful-forevers
Paper:
- "No Representation without Information: Politician Responsiveness to Citizen Preferences" by Asad Liaqat
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/asadliaqat/files/jmp.pdf
Released:
Sep 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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