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Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy - Zeuthen Lecture Book Series

Guido Tabellini, Torsten Persson

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Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy - Zeuthen Lecture Book Series

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Unifying political economics with rational-choice theory.

If you're fascinated by the interplay between economics and politics, "Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy" could provide you with a new perspective. Merging insights from macroeconomics, public choice, and political science, it offers a unique approach to understanding how policy decisions are made and how they affect you. This book might be especially appealing if you enjoy deep dives into the rationale behind fiscal and monetary policies within the political arena.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy - Zeuthen Lecture Book Series

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ISBN: 9780262661317
Publisher: The MIT Press
Date of Publication: 2002-02-07
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Economics, Politics
Goodreads rating: 4.15
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What determines the size and form of redistributive programs, the extent and type of public goods provision, the burden of taxation across alternative tax bases, the size of government deficits, and the stance of monetary policy during the course of business and electoral cycles? A large and rapidly growing literature in political economics attempts to answer these questions. But so far there is little consensus on the answers and disagreement on the appropriate mode of analysis. Combining the best of three separate traditions—the theory of macroeconomic policy, public choice, and rational choice in political science—Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini suggest a unified approach to the field. As in modern macroeconomics, individual citizens behave rationally, their preferences over economic outcomes inducing preferences over policy. As in public choice, the delegation of policy decisions to elected representatives may give rise to agency problems between voters and politicians. And, as in rational choice, political institutions shape the procedures for setting policy and electing politicians. The authors outline a common method of analysis, establish several new results, and identify the main outstanding problems.
 

Unifying political economics with rational-choice theory.

If you're fascinated by the interplay between economics and politics, "Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy" could provide you with a new perspective. Merging insights from macroeconomics, public choice, and political science, it offers a unique approach to understanding how policy decisions are made and how they affect you. This book might be especially appealing if you enjoy deep dives into the rationale behind fiscal and monetary policies within the political arena.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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