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dc.contributor.authorScartascini, Carlosen
dc.contributor.authorStein, Ernestoen
dc.contributor.authorTommasi, Marianoen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-24-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-18T11:48:48Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-18T11:48:48Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/51526-
dc.description.abstractThis paper introduces preliminary evidence from a cross-country database of policy characteristics and potential uses of that database. While most databases have emphasized either the content of policies (e.g., size of government deficits) or countries' formal institutions (e.g., political regime, electoral system), the variables in this database reflect the policymaking capabilities of different polities. The paper attempts to explain these policy characteristics as depending on the workings of political institutions, using a logic emphasizing intertemporal political compromise. The paper also contrasts this logic with alternatives such as the veto players approach. The paper concludes by suggesting the use of these policy characteristics or state capabilities as explanatory variables for the effectiveness of public spending in various social areas.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInter-American Development Bank, Research Department |cWashington, DCen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x661en
dc.subject.jelD72en
dc.subject.jelD78en
dc.subject.jelH10en
dc.subject.jelH50en
dc.subject.jelO10en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordPolitical institutionsen
dc.subject.keywordPublic policiesen
dc.subject.keywordGovernment capabilitiesen
dc.subject.keywordVeto playersen
dc.subject.keywordIntertemporal cooperationen
dc.subject.keywordDevelopmenten
dc.subject.keywordHuman Development Indexen
dc.subject.keywordPublic expendituresen
dc.subject.keywordPolicy indexen
dc.subject.keywordAdaptabilityen
dc.subject.keywordStabilityen
dc.subject.keywordJudicial independenceen
dc.subject.keywordParty institutionalizationen
dc.subject.keywordCongress capabilitiesen
dc.subject.keywordCabinet stabilityen
dc.subject.keywordDatabaseen
dc.titlePolitical institutions, state capabilities and public policy: International evidence-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn589979574en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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