Thomas, Tobias; Hess, Moritz; Wagner, Gert G. - 2017
resistance to reform is based on the differences in the risk preferences of voters, politicians, and bureaucrats. Based on the … empirical results of a survey of the population in Germany, 175 members of the Federal German Parliament (Bundestag), and 106 … officials ("bureaucrats") from German ministries, this is not the case. Since both politicians and bureaucrats have a higher …