1st Edition
Political Capacity And Economic Behavior
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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Given today's heightened competition between national economies in the global marketplace, many have come to believe that government intervention is needed in order for a country to maximize its economic well-being. But to what extent can even the most capable government act to attract investment and enhance economic growth without creating or exac
Introduction -- Part I The Concept of Political Capacity -- Relative Political Capacity: Political Extraction and Political Reach -- Theoretical Link of Political Capacity to Development -- Part II Economic Applications -- Political Capacity and Economic Determinants of Inflation -- Political Capacity and the Use of Seigniorage -- Political Capacity and Private Investment -- Political Capacity and Economic Growth -- Political Capacity, Macroeconomic Factors, and Capital Flows -- Political Capacity and Black Market Premiums -- Part III Political Applications -- Political Capacity and Government Resource Transfers -- Political Capacity and Demographic Change -- Political Capacity and Violence -- Political Capacity, Growth, and Distributive Commitments -- Part IV Extending Political Capacity -- Political Capacity and the Economic Frontier -- New Estimates of Political Capacity -- Alternative Approaches to Estimating Political Capacity -- The Unfinished Agenda
Biography
Marina Arbetman
