Political Economics
Explaining Economic Policy
$165.40
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
25 January 2002
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262661317 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262661314 |
| Author: | Torsten Persson, Guido Tabellini |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 25 January 2002 |
| Weight: | 862g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Zeuthen Lectures |
About The Author
Torsten Persson
Torsten Persson is Director of the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics.Guido Tabellini is Professor of Economics at Bocconi University in Milan and President of the Innocenzo Gasparini Institute of Economic Research, also at Bocconi University.
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