The role of asymmetric information in political reform processes (A02)

• Subject Area: Economic Policy, Applied Economics
• Term: from 2010 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 139943784

The project theoretically and empirically investigates the role of asymmetric information in collective decisions about political reforms. Our objective is to understand to what extent reform failures can be attributed to information asymmetries and to find out how such failures can be mitigated by improving the design of reform proposals and political institutions that govern reform processes. In the third funding period, we will move the focus of the project to practical applications in different policy areas. Our objective is to make our results useful for the design of reform proposals and for institutional reforms.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 884: Political Economy of Reforms
• Applicant Institution: Universität Mannheim
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Grüner