Replacement and Reputation
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| author | Kartik, Navin Lipnowski, Elliot Pei, Harry |
| author_facet | Kartik, Navin Lipnowski, Elliot Pei, Harry |
| contents | Does electoral replacement ensure that officeholders eventually act in voters' interests? We study a reputational model of accountability. Voters observe incumbents' performance and decide whether to replace them. Politicians may be "good" types who always exert effort or opportunists who may shirk. We find that good long-run outcomes are always attainable, though the mechanism and its robustness depend on economic conditions. In environments conducive to incentive provision, some equilibria feature sustained effort, yet others exhibit some long-run shirking. In the complementary case, opportunists are never fully disciplined, but selection dominates: every equilibrium eventually settles on a good politician, yielding permanent effort. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Replacement and Reputation Kartik, Navin Lipnowski, Elliot Pei, Harry Theoretical Economics Does electoral replacement ensure that officeholders eventually act in voters' interests? We study a reputational model of accountability. Voters observe incumbents' performance and decide whether to replace them. Politicians may be "good" types who always exert effort or opportunists who may shirk. We find that good long-run outcomes are always attainable, though the mechanism and its robustness depend on economic conditions. In environments conducive to incentive provision, some equilibria feature sustained effort, yet others exhibit some long-run shirking. In the complementary case, opportunists are never fully disciplined, but selection dominates: every equilibrium eventually settles on a good politician, yielding permanent effort. |
| title | Replacement and Reputation |
| topic | Theoretical Economics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13351 |