کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
883439 1471644 2015 18 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Careerist experts and political incorrectness
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
کارشناسان کارگری و ناکارآمدی سیاسی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
چکیده انگلیسی


• We consider the flip side of political correctness as analyzed in Morris (2000).
• Unbiased experts may deliberately take a politically incorrect stance.
• Politically incorrect opinions cannot necessarily be a sign of blunt honesty.
• This form of information manipulation can improve welfare.

While political correctness is a dominant norm in many public situations, we also observe behaviors that are apparently “politically incorrect,” often from professionals and experts. This paper examines the flip side of political correctness as analyzed in Morris (2001) to shed some light on the elusive notion of political incorrectness and elucidate its equilibrium and welfare properties. We show that there are circumstances in which unbiased experts deliberately take a politically incorrect stance out of reputational concerns and identify key elements which give rise to this perverse reputational incentive. The results suggest that political incorrectness cannot necessarily be viewed as a sign of blunt honesty when informed experts have long-term reputational concerns. We also examine the welfare consequences of political incorrectness and argue that this form of information manipulation can be beneficial under some conditions.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization - Volume 120, December 2015, Pages 1–18
نویسندگان
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