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Advanced topics in economic and political institutions. In replicating and extending their analyses, we find that the effect of presidential regimes vanishes almost entirely. Alberto alesina professor of economics, harvard university. Here, the number of countries is expanded and more recent data is used. This sequel defines and makes serious empirical progress on a broad research agenda for the complex issue of how constitutional statutes from forms of government to electoral rules shape policy outcomes such as the size of the welfare state and the distribution of benefits. I also take advantage of this opportunity to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a. Torsten persson, guido enrico tabellini, guido tabellini. Furthermore, comparative political science in many ways beat economics to the punch in recognizing the role that political institutions play in determining the economic trajectories of developing and still industrializing economies haggard. Background and objectives persson and tabellini henceforth pt set the scene with figure 1. Political economics explaining economic policy torsten.
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He is receipient of the intesa sanpaolo chair in political economics from july 20. Persson, torsten and tabellini, guido, political economics and macroeconomic policy november 1997. Political economics explaining economic policy torsten persson and guido tabellini the mit press cambridge, massachusetts london, england. He is past president of the european economic association. Guido enrico tabellini born january 26, 1956 is an italian economist, rector of bocconi university from november 2008 until july 2012 tabellini received his laurea in 1980 from the university of turin, and his ph. What determines the size and form of redistributive programs, the extent and type of public goods provision. There are no downloads for this item, see the econpapers faq for hints. Explaining economic policy torsten persson, guido tabellini what determines the size and form of redistributive programs, the extent and type of public goods provision, the burden of taxation across alternative tax bases, the size of government deficits, and the stance of monetary policy during the course of business and. Torsten persson, isabelle brocas, guido enrico tabellini, micael castanheira, ronny razin, david stromberg. Is corruption systematically related to electoral rules. The seminal papers that underlie the textbook analysis are not explicitly included in the.
The nexus of political and economic change, american economic journal. Download workbook to accompany political economics. More specically, the readings on which each lecture is based are listed below. Macroeconomics, american economic association, vol. Chapters 15 presented by salvatore lo bello macro reading group uc3mpolitical economics explaining economic policy november 14, 2012 10 17 electoral competition. Stockholm university institute for international economic studies iies. Constitutional rules and fiscal policy outcomes by torsten persson and guido tabellini. Electoral rules and corruption journal of the european. Journal of the european economic association 1, no. Evidence from a central government transfer program in uganda. Guido tabellini is professor of economics at bocconi university in milan and president of the innocenzo gasparini institute of economic research, also at bocconi university. Torsten persson and guido tabellini 2000 political economics, mit press.
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Daron acemoglu and james robinson 2005 economic origins of. We try to address this lacuna by relating corruption to different features of the electoral system in a sample of about eighty democracies in the 1990s. Alberto alesina, professor of economics, harvard university. American economic association is collaborating with jstor to digitize, preserve and extend access to the. Torsten persson is director of the institute for international economic studies at stockholm university and centennial professor at the london school of economics. Tabellini received his laurea in 1980 from the university of turin, and his ph. During the last decade, persson and tabellini have done more than advance the frontier of research in political economics.
The oxford handbook of political economy surveys the field of political economy. Download free ebook of workbook to accompany political economics. Recent theoretical work suggests a positive answer. Over its long lifetime, political economy has had many different meanings. Oxford handbook of political economy oxford handbooks. The economic effects of constitutions the mit press. A large and rapidly growing literature in political economics attempts to answer.
Richard, 1981 a rational theory of the size of government, journal of political economy. Alberto alesina, professor of economics, harvard university analytical models of political institutions frequently neglect the economy. Separation of powers and political accountability, cesifo working paper series 6, cesifo group munich. He first taught at stanford, then at ucla, and later in italy. Here, their dataset is extended in a number of ways. Political economics and public finance by guido tabellini, torsten. Guido enrico tabellini born january 26, 1956 is an italian economist, rector of bocconi university from november 2008 until july 2012. Monetary economics this paper surveys the recent literature on the theory of macroeconomic policy. Explaining economic policy by torsten persson and guido tabellini free ebooks in pdf format. Torsten persson and guido tabellini, the economic effects of. Tabellini, guido and persson, torsten, political economics and public finance march 15, 1999.
Sections 9 and 10 discuss two sets of topics that i view as important areas for future research in political economy. Political economics and public finance by guido tabellini. Constitutional rules and fiscal policy outcomes american. Section ii zooms in on political and economic reforms, drawing on francesco giavazzi and guido tabellini 2005.
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