NAKE

June 14-18, Tilburg, The Netherlands

 

Political Economics

 

Guido Tabellini

 

The course will be based on: Political Economics – Explaining Economic Policy, by Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini, in preparation for MIT Press (henceforth, PT)

 

Outline

 

  1. Introduction and tools

    2. PT, chapter 3 and 5

     

  2. General redistributive programs

    3. PT, chapter 6

     

  3. Special interest politics

    4. PT, chapter 7

     

  4. The politics of public debt

    5. PT, chapter 9

     

  5. Comparative Politics

    6. PT, chapters 14, 15