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- Title
A note on the behavioral political economy of innovation policy.
- Authors
Schnellenbach, Jan; Schubert, Christian
- Abstract
We propose that policy-making in the realm of innovation policy can be fruitfully analyzed from the perspective of Behavioral Political Economy. Citizens, policy-makers and also bureaucrats are prone to biases that have been empirically identified in behavioral economic and psychological research. When applied to innovation policy, it can be shown that under certain conditions, policy-makers are willing to support riskier innovative projects and that this tendency is amplified by public sector incentives, such as soft budget constraints. The same holds for a tendency to support ongoing innovative projects even if their profitability becomes increasingly doubtful. Finally, we also highlight how special-interest policies aimed at distorting risk perceptions can slow down the innovation process.
- Subjects
ECONOMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL research; RISK perception; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; PUBLIC sector
- Publication
Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2019, Vol 29, Issue 5, p1399
- ISSN
0936-9937
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00191-019-00625-y