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States and Markets
A Primer in Political Economy

Author: Adam Przeworski, New York University

Date Published: August 2003
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521535243

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Political economy is the study of decentralized and centralized mechanisms for allocating resources and distributing incomes: markets and states. Both markets and states can be organized and combined in a variety of ways and they jointly determine what the economy produces as well as who gets what. The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the concepts and tools for studying relations between states and markets. The focus is methodological. Both the economy and the state are analyzed as networks of relations between principals and agents, occupying particular places in the institutional structure. Having introduced the principal-agent framework, the book analyzes systematically the effect of the organization of the state on the functioning of the economy. The central question is under what conditions government will do what they should be doing and not do what they should not.
- Analyzes the role of the state in the economy using the tools of modern economics
- Integrates the literature from economics and political science
- Allows the reader with little previous knowledge to understand the complex issues entailed
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Product details
- Date Published: August 2003
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521535243
- length: 236 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 154 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.335kg
- contains: 22 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Part I. Decentralized Mechanisms:
2. Market miracles and market failures
3. Incomplete markets, imperfect information
4. Principal-agent framework
Part II. Centralized Mechanisms:
5. The state
6. Governments and private agents: regulation
7. Politicians and bureaucrats: oversight
8. Citizens and politicians: representation
Part III. The State and the Economy:
9. Government and economic growth
10. Government and redistribution
11. Government and insurance
12. Epilogue
13. Additional references.
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- Business & Society
- Issues in Political Economy
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Adam Przeworski, New York University