Macroeconomic Policy and Public Choice:

Subject of this book is the intersection between political science and macroeconomics. The central idea is the existence of a political economic equilibrium in which the government acts to dampen the business cycle. The election cycle implies that this equilibrium may be a cycle rather than a point....

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Main Author: Kiefer, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1997
Edition:1st ed. 1997
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Online Access:BTU01
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Summary:Subject of this book is the intersection between political science and macroeconomics. The central idea is the existence of a political economic equilibrium in which the government acts to dampen the business cycle. The election cycle implies that this equilibrium may be a cycle rather than a point. An extension of new Keynesian theory provides a model of endogenous stabilization in which the government practices short-run stabilization policy which dampens the impact of exogenous shocks. This is a situation in which rational voters favor discretionary policy over a fixed policy rule even with rational economic agents. Special attention is given to the relevant data and to the possibilities of hypothesis testing
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 275 p)
ISBN:9783642605642
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-60564-2

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