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Political economy, growth, and business cycles
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Political economy, growth, and business cycles

Author: Alex Cukierman; Zvi Hercowitz; Leonardo Leiderman
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1992.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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.
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Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung
Kongreß
Tel Aviv (1991)
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Alex Cukierman; Zvi Hercowitz; Leonardo Leiderman
ISBN: 0262031949 9780262031943
OCLC Number: 26158496
Description: xvi, 405 p. : ill. ; 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.
Responsibility: edited by Alex Cukierman, Zvi Hercowitz, Leonardo Leiderman.

Abstract:

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.

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