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"Political Biases Against Public Investment and Growth"

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  • Glazer, A.
  • Gradstein, M.

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Public investment can cause the preferences of the decisive voter in one period to differ from preferences of the decisive voter in an earlier period. Forward-looking voters may therefore vote against a policy that would increase the incomes of all persons. The effect may arise when increased public investment causes such a large increase in redistribution in future periods that the welfare of the decisive voter (or his descendants) in earlier periods declines.

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  • Glazer, A. & Gradstein, M., 1998. ""Political Biases Against Public Investment and Growth"," Papers 98-99-5, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences.
  • Handle: RePEc:fth:calirv:98-99-5
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    Keywords

    INVESTMENTS ; PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ; SOCIAL CHOICE;
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    JEL classification:

    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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