Political Power and Economic Policy: Theory, Analysis, and Empirical Applications

Political Power and Economic Policy: Theory, Analysis, and Empirical Applications
ISBN-10
113949984X
ISBN-13
9781139499842
Category
Political Science
Pages
536
Language
English
Published
2011-09-30
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Johan Swinnen, Gordon C. Rausser, Pinhas Zusman

Description

This book analyzes the links between political economics, governance structures and the distribution of political power in economic policy making. The book theoretically explains and empirically quantifies these interactions. The analysis includes both public good policies and redistributive policies. Part I of the book presents the conceptual foundations of political-economic bargaining and interest group analysis. After presenting the underlying theory, Part II of the book examines ideology, prescription and political power coefficients; Part III analyzes a number of specific structures; and Part IV presents a framework for political econometrics with a number of empirical applications and testable hypotheses. In all four parts of the book, four analytical dimensions of public policy are distinguished: governance structures, political economy, mechanism design and incidence.

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