Policies are typically chosen by politicians and bureaucrats. This paper investigates the e fficiency criteria for … allocating policy tasks to elected policymakers (politicians) or non elected bureaucrats. Politicians are more efficient for … complementarities and compensating the losers. We then compare this benchmark with the case in which politicians choose when to delegate …

Policies are typically chosen by politicians and bureaucrats. This paper investigates the e fficiency criteria for … allocating policy tasks to elected policymakers (politicians) or non elected bureaucrats. Politicians are more efficient for … complementarities and compensating the losers. We then compare this benchmark with the case in which politicians choose when to delegate …

Policies are typically chosen by politicians and bureaucrats. This paper investigates the criteria that should lead a … society to allocate policy tasks to elected policymakers (politicians) or non elected bureaucrats. Politicians are preferable … complementarities and compensating the losers. We then compare this normative benchmark with the case in which politicians choose when …