[PDF] The Political Economy Of Inflation And Stabilization In Middle Income Countries eBook

Author : Stephan Haggard
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 32,95 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Developing countries
ISBN :

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Macroeconomic stability is most precarious, and stabilization most likely to be delayed, where the party system is fragmented or polarized.

Author : Stephan Haggard
Publisher :
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 10,89 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691029740

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Since the 1970s there has been a widespread movement from authoritarian to democratic rule among developing countries, often occuring against a backdrop of severe economic crises and the adoption of market-oriented reforms. This book analyzes this relationship, addressing a variety of questions.

Author : Stephan Haggard
Publisher : Peterson Institute
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 26,96 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780881322835

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This study not only examines the countries most severely affected by the Asian financial crisis, but also draws lessons from those whose economies escaped the worst problems. The author focuses on the political economy of the crisis, emphasizing long-standing problems and crisis management tactics.

Author : Leon Lindberg
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 12,18 MB
Release : 1985-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815723677

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The inflation of the 1970s represented the greatest peacetime disruption of the Western economies since the Depression. Even as inflation receded, the recession in its wake brought more joblessness than at any time since the 1930s. The governments of industrialized nations found that the economic policies they had developed since World War II no longer assured price stability or high employment. What are the lessons of over a decade of economic difficulty? In this conference volume, which focuses on aspects of the crisis that economists often presuppose to be beyond control, the authors analyze the political and social underpinning of inflation and recession. Part 1 places the economic problems of the 1970s in the historical context of postwar development and then compares economic and political science analyses of inflation. Part 2 examines how rivalries between social groups affect inflationary processes. One chapter draws on the history of Latin American inflation to suggest the conflicts in play. Two others weigh the role of labor and industry in the formation of economic policy. And another shows how rivalry between countries, like rivalry between classes at home, permitted inflation to rise. The chapters in part 3 contest the claim that big government or big labor causes inflation. Two studies emphasize that a high degree of public expenditure does not itself lead to inflation. Further contributions explore the role of central banks and subject such concepts as the political business cycle to critical analysis. Part 4 comprises case studies about macroeconomic policymaking in four nations: Italy, Germany, Japan, and Sweden. The studies reveal what institutional attributes rendered those countries resistant to inflation or vulnerable to economic setback. In the last part, the editors pull together the findings and lay out the contemporary political feasibility of alternative approaches to macroeconomic management.

Author : Joan M. Nelson
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,49 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412823852

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"Economic reform by Third World governments is usually portrayed as the product of outside pressure, especially from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. This welcome collection provides an important counter-perspective by putting domestic politics at center stage. Miles Kahler demonstrates that international institutions only rarely play an important role."--Orbis' "Joan Nelson and her collaborators have performed a valuable service for those concerned about the politics of reform by bringing together a series of informed and insightful essays that address clearly and concisely the difficult political dilemmas of economic adjustment."--Merilee S. Grindle,Economic Development and Cultural Change

Author : Federico Sturzenegger
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,68 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262194006

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In this book, Federico Sturzenegger and Mariano Tommasi propose formal models to answer some of the questions raised by the recent reform experience of many Latin American and eastern European countries.