| Description |
1 online resource (21 pages) : illustrations |
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IMF working paper ; WP/00/174 |
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IMF working paper ; WP/00/174.
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| Summary |
The extensive-and conceptually strikingly heterogenous-politico-economic literature (surveyed, e.g., by Frey, 1974; Alesina and Tabellini, 1988; Persson, 1988; Schneider, 1992; and Olters, 2000) is unified by the underlying premise that political decisions, in the absence of linguistic, religious, or ethnic divisions,2 are essentially economic ones. However, whereas elections-often to a considerable degree-influence the fiscal policies pursued by governments installed on the basis of their results, government behavior is typically modeled exogenously, usually by means of a benevolent, permanently installed "social planner |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-21) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Government spending policy -- Econometric models
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Economic policy -- Econometric models
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Business and politics -- Econometric models
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Elections -- Econometric models
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Social choice -- Econometric models
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Elections -- Economic aspects -- Econometric models
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Social choice -- Economic aspects -- Econometric models
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Economic policy -- Econometric models
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Elections -- Econometric models
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Government spending policy -- Econometric models
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Social choice -- Econometric models
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Monetary Fund. African Department.
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| ISBN |
1451903987 |
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9781451903980 |
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1282107003 |
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9781282107007 |
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1462388205 |
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9781462388202 |
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1452730016 |
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9781452730011 |
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9786613800350 |
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661380035X |
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9781451858686 |
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145185868X |
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