Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy

by Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262661314
• ISBN13: 9780262661317
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher