Author: Bruno S. FreyPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781858983998
Category : Business cycles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of articles on how the government influences the economy in order to secure re-election. This book surveys the empirical and major theoretical approaches, such as vote maximization, partisan and vote-cum-partisan models, and rational political business cycles. It provides extensions including the role of the central bank, of direct democracy, and the cycles in European communist countries, as well as discussing policy relevance.
