Political Economy

by Allan H. Meltzer

This book seeks to extend economic analysis to problems involving voting and the political process. The authors deal with two types of problems: one involving taxation and redistribution, the other involving information, credibility, and the costs of democracy. An introductory essay first describes the approach and its broader implications. The subsequent analysis treats voters' decisions in the polling place as similar to their decisions in the market...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195056248
• ISBN13: 9780195056242
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.6"