Economic politics : the costs of democracy / William R. Keech.
Publisher description: This book raises and addresses questions about the consequences of democratic institutions for economic performance. Do institutions of accountability inside and outside government through periodic elections produce efficient results, or do they lead to the kind of accumulatio...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Economic politics : |b the costs of democracy / |c William R. Keech. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cambridge [England] ; |a New York, NY : |b Cambridge University Press, |c 1995. | |
| 300 | |a xiii, 241 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 23 cm. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-236) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g INTRODUCTION: |t Macroeconomic politics and the costs of democracy -- |t Macroeconomic theories and their political implications -- |t MODELS OF ROUTINE POLITICS: |t Models of accountability and opportunism : the electoral cycle -- |t Models of choice : partisanship -- |t THE SOURCES AND AUTHORITY OF MACROECONOMIC GOALS: |t The authority of macroeconomic goals -- |t Voters, elections, accountability, and choice -- |t INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES: |t Discretion and accountability in the fiscal policy process -- |t Discretion and accountability in the monetary policy process -- |g CONCLUSION: |t The costs of democracy. |
| 520 | |a Publisher description: This book raises and addresses questions about the consequences of democratic institutions for economic performance. Do institutions of accountability inside and outside government through periodic elections produce efficient results, or do they lead to the kind of accumulation of special privileges and protections from market competition that reduces efficiency and growth? Professor Keech suggests that there are modest and bearable costs of democratic procedures, comparable to the agency costs incurred whenever a principal delegates authority to an agent. Democracy, however, does not systematically cause inferior macroeconomic policy detrimental to a population's long-term welfare. Rather, there is a logical circularity among voter preferences, institutions, and economic and political outcomes. This accessible synthesis and sharp perspective on a large topical literature will be highly useful for professionals, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduates aiming to understand the relationship between politics and economics. | ||
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