Politics and economics in the eighties / / edited by Alberto Alesina and Geoffrey Carliner

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.973/009/048
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Political aspects - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Economic policy 1981-1993 Decision making
• Altri autori: AlesinaAlberto CarlinerGeoffrey
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Elections and the Economy in the 1980's: Short- and Long-Term Effects -- 2. Leaning Into the Wind or Ducking out of the Storm? U.S. Monetary Policy in the 1980's -- 3. Party Governance and U. S. Budget Deficits: Divided Government and Fiscal Stalemate -- 4. Changes in Welfare Policy in the 1980's -- 5. The Politics of Tax Reform in the 1980's -- 6. Political Foundations of the Thrift Debacle -- 7. The Spatial Mapping of Minimum Wage Legislation -- 8. U. S . Trade Policy-making in the Eighties -- Contributors -- Name Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Is the federal budget deficit a result of congressional deadlocks, gross miscalculation of economic trends, or a Republican strategy to tie the budgetary hands of future Democratic leadership? To what extend does the partisan split between Congress and the executive branch constrain the president's agenda? In this volume, political scientists and economists tackle these and many other contentious issues, offering a variety of analytical perspectives. Certain to provoke controversy, this interdisciplinary volume brings together policy experts to provide a coherent analysis of the most important economic policy changes of the 1980's. Through a detailed examination of voting patterns, monetary and fiscal policies, welfare spending, tax reform, minimum wage legislation, the savings and loan collapse, and international trade policy, the authors explore how politics can influence the direction of economic policymaking.
• Titolo autorizzato: Politics and economics in the eighties
• ISBN: 1-281-43128-1; 9786611431280; 0-226-01282-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820235303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: National Bureau of Economic Research project report.