Political economics explaining economic policy - Persson, Torsten; Tabellini, Guido Enrico 1956-. (Cambridge MIT Press, 2000)
Contents: Tools of Political Economics - Preferences and Institutions - - Electoral Competition - - Agency - - Partisan Politicians - - Redistributive Politics - General-Interest Politics - - Special-Interest Politics - - Comparative Politics - Electoral Rules and Electoral Competition - - Institutions and Accountability - - Political Regimes - - Dynamic Politics - Dynamic Policy Problems - - Capital Taxation - - Public Debt - - Growth - - Monetary Politics - Credibility of Monetary Policy - - Electoral Cycles - - Institutions and Incentives - - International Policy Coordination - - What Next?.
Keywords: Economic policy