Public Impacts from Elite Audit Experiments
Aggregate and Response Delay Harms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7353232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott Desposato (0000-0001-7722-1766, University of California San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 217-227 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-9299 • E-ISSN: 1478-9302 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14789299211059657 |
| OpenAlex | W4210557393 |
| Language | CA |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
What are the potential harms from elite audit experiments? Such studies seem genuinely harmless and all in a day’s work for elites. In addition, such studies may provide valuable information about elites’ performance and service to their publics. However, there are a number of potential harms of such studies which are generally not captured by the standard human subjects framework. In this essay, I consider the various harms that can result from excessive experimentation on elites. I identify several previously ignored public harms, including aggregate and response delay harms. I offer several potential strategies to assuage and avoid these harms
Audit · Business · Economics · Elite · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Work (physics · Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance · Corruption and Economic Development · Engineering · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Accounting
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
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