How politicians make decisionsa Political choice experiment

  1. Fatás Juberías, Enrique
  2. Tamborero Sanjuán, Pilar
  3. Neugebauer, Tibor
Revista:
Documentos de trabajo ( Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados de Andalucía )

Año de publicación: 2004

Número: 10

Tipo: Documento de Trabajo

Resumen

The present paper reports on a political choice experiment with elected real-world politicians. A questionnaire on political and public issues is taken to examine whether prospect theory predicts the responses of experts from the field better than rational choice theory. The results indicate that framing effects exist but that expertise may weaken the deviation from rational choice.