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Politics and Economics in the Eighties.

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�...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alesina, Alberto
Otros Autores: Carliner, Geoffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Colección:National Bureau of Economic Research project report.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Politics and Economics in the Eighties; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Elections and the Economy in the 1980s: Short- and Long-Term Effects; 2. Leaning into the Wind or Ducking out of the Storm: U.S. Monetary Policy in the 1980s; 3. Party Governance and U.S. Budget Deficits: Divided Government and Fiscal Stalemate; 4. Changes in Welfare Policy in the 1980s; 5. The Politics of Tax Reform in the 1980s; 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.