Measuring portfolio salience using paired comparisonsa new application of the Bradley-Terry model

Resumo

We propose measuring portfolio salience by analyzing paired comparisons data using the Bradley-Terry model. Paired-comparison data are easy to collect using surveys that are userfriendly, rapid, and inexpensive, and we implement the approach with both politicians and experts in Brazil. We show that practitioners and academics have broadly similar views of the relative worth of cabinet posts, and that estimates are robust to variations in implementation of the method, suggesting that either group could be surveyed efficiently to generate measures of portfolio salience. Substantively, we find that respondent valuations of cabinet portfolios deviate considerably from what would be predicted by objective institutional measures such as budget, policy influence, and employment opportunities for political appointees.

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Tipo

Outro

Ano

2018

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/25945

Temas

Administração Pública

Palavras-chave

Portfolio salienceCoalition governmentsBradley-Terry modelAdministração públicaGovernos de coalizãoTítulos (Finanças)