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Title Political economy, growth, and business cycles / edited by Alex Cukierman, Zvi Hercowitz, Leonardo Leiderman
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1992]
©1992

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Description xvi, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Growth, distribution, and politics / Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini -- Distribution, political conflict and economic growth : a simple theory and some empirical evidence / Alberto Alesina and Dani Rodrik -- The seizure of executive power and economic growth : some additional evidence / John Londregan and Keith Poole -- Endogenous macroeconomic growth theory / Elhanan Helpman -- The case for external economies / Ricardo J. Caballero and Richard K. Lyons -- Convergence across states and regions / Robert J. Barro and Xavier Sala-i-Martin -- Technology adoption and the mechanics of economic development / Stephen L. Parente and Edward C. Prescott -- Macroeconomic policy and elections in OECD democracies / Alberto Alesina, Gerald D. Cohen, and Nouriel Roubini -- Should prices be decontrolled gradually or in a big bang? / Sweder van Wijnbergen
Optimal fiscal and monetary policy : some recent results / V.V. Chari, Lawrence J. Christiano, and Patrick J. Kehoe -- The allocation of capital and time over the business cycle / Jeremy Greenwood and Zvi Hercowitz -- Identification and the liquidity effect of a monetary policy shock / Lawrence J. Christiano and Martin Eichenbaum -- A framework for assessing aggregate consequences of labor market regulations / Hugo Hopenhayn and Richard Rogerson
Summary What political and economic factors stimulate growth and make an economy expand? These original contributions by some of today's leading macroeconomists and political economists explore a broad spectrum of social, political, and technological variables that encourage or impede economic growth
Analysis Economic conditions
Economic cycles
Economic growth
Economic policy
Overseas item
Power (Politics)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Business cycles.
Economic development.
Economic policy.
Author Cukierman, Alex.
Hercowitz, Zvi.
Leiderman, Leonardo, 1951-
LC no. 9202005514
ISBN 0262031949