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Political Institutions and Policy Choices: Evidence from the United States (2003)
| Venue: | IN THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE |
| Citations: | 210 - 15 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Besley03politicalinstitutions,
author = {Timothy Besley and Anne Case},
title = {Political Institutions and Policy Choices: Evidence from the United States },
booktitle = {IN THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE},
year = {2003},
publisher = {}
}
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Abstract
A rich array of institutional diversity makes the United States an excellent place to study the relationship between political institutions and public policy outcomes. This essay has three main aims. First, it reviews existing empirical evidence on the relationship between institutional rules, political representation and policy outcomes. It aims to place the literature into a broader context of theoretical and empirical work in the field of political economy. Second, it develops a parallel empirical analysis that updates studies in the literature and re-examines some of the claims made, in a setting unified both in terms of policy outcomes and the period under study. Third, the paper develops some new directions for research, presenting a small number of novel exploratory results.
Keyphrases
united state political institution policy choice policy outcome political representation institutional rule main aim novel exploratory result new direction rich array empirical evidence excellent place empirical work parallel empirical analysis political economy public policy small number institutional diversity
