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Incentives and Political Economy
Author(s): Jean-Jacques Laffont (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Publication Date: 13 Dec. 2001
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199248680
- ISBN-13: 9780199248681
Book Description
Laffont examines the incentive problems created by delegating economic policy to self-interested politicians and the blurry line between flexibility of decision-making and discretion to pursue personal agendas.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Review from previous edition deals with the subject in a refreshing piecemeal approach that will allow researchers to embed elements of the theory into their favourite political economy models. ― Aslib Book Guide, Vol.65, Aug. 2000.
About the Author
Jean-Jacques Laffont is Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse and director of the Institut d'Economie Industrielle (IDEI). His recent research focuses on regulation, political economy, and development. Winner of the Yrjö Jahnsson award in 1993, he was President of the Econometric Society in 1992 and President of the European Economic Association in 1998.
