Public Debt and the Political Economy of Reforms
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- Boyer, Pierre & Esslinger, Christoph & Roberson, Brian, 2021. "Public debt and the political economy of reforms," CEPR Discussion Papers 15940, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 49-62.
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Keywords
political competition; public debt; reforms; redistributive politics; debt and spending limits;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
- H60 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2021-04-05 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-MIC-2021-04-05 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-POL-2021-04-05 (Positive Political Economics)
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