The article deals with the ambiguous relation between fear and expertise, and examines how it affects institutions … relying on expertise in order to be perceived as rational actors. Fear, therefore, can be considered as a central element in … determining the legitimacy of institutions in modern societies. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 …

In recent years, liberal democratic societies have struggled with the question of how best to balance expertise and … committees handle the practical tension between scientific expertise, ethical expertise, expert patient input, and lay public … input by explaining two institutions' processes for determining the legitimacy or illegitimacy of reasons in public policy …

The article analyzes reforms of organizational structure of Russian science in the post-Soviet period. The authors … suggest a new model of organizing research groups with the aim to increase international competitiveness of Russian science …

consumers relative to use. In an era where efficiency was so prized and the role of technocratic expertise was increasing …

This paper examines the relations between three board characteristics (independence, diligence, and expertise) and Big … characteristics examined. We find significant positive relations between audit fees and board independence, diligence, and expertise …

collusion. I study the optimal design of contracts focusing on how to sequence communication of expertise. I show that from a …

In many areas of economics there is a growing interest in how expertise and preferences drive individual and group … making. In this paper we propose a new channel through which we can empirically identify expertise and preference parameters …

In many areas of economics there is a growing interest in how expertise and preferences drive individual and group … making. In this paper we propose a new channel through which we can empirically identify expertise and preference parameters …

studies of science, the paper proposes a definition of ‘expertise’, and translates this into a list of successive stages …This paper tackles the problem of the demarcation of value judgments in economic expertise. Is it possible to … disentangle values from facts, or neutral scientific assertions from value-laden judgments, in the context of economic expertise …