RT Journal Article T1 The bureaucracy trap A1 Andina-Díaz, Ascensión A1 Feri, Francesco A1 Meléndez-Jiménez, Miguel Ángel K1 Política - Reforma AB We study the incentives of political parties to institute reforms that improve bureaucratic quality and increase the ability of governments to implement policy change. We consider a context of dynamic elections where current rigidities do not permit large changes in policies. We show that reforms in which a sufficient share of benefits are experienced late in time will never be implemented if parties are patient enough. PB Elsevier YR 2023 FD 2023-07-30 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29638 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29638 LA eng NO Ascensión Andina-Díaz, Francesco Feri, Miguel A. Meléndez-Jiménez, The bureaucracy trap, Economics Letters, Volume 228, 2023, 111166, ISSN 0165-1765, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111166 DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 21 ene 2026