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dc.titlePolitical Institutions, Policymaking, and Economic Policy in Latin America
dc.contributor.authorScartascini, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorTommasi, Mariano
dc.contributor.authorArdanaz, Martín
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2011-02-07T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2010-03-19T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper surveys selected themes in the political economy of policymaking in Latin America, with an emphasis on recent research focusing on actual decision and implementation processes, and on the political institutions and state and social actors involved in those processes. In particular, the paper addresses how political rules work for or against intertemporal cooperation among political actors. The document shows that the extent to which polities obtain the key policy features that seem to determine development depends on the workings of political institutions, which define how the policymaking game is played, on the characteristics of the arenas of interaction, which define where the policymaking game is played, and on certain characteristics of key socioeconomic groups, which define who interacts with professional politicians in pursuing different policy preferences.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010931
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Political-Institutions-Policymaking-and-Economic-Policy-in-Latin-America.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectFiscal Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeD72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
dc.subject.jelcodeD78 - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
dc.subject.jelcodeH10 - Structure and Scope of Government: General
dc.subject.jelcodeH50 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
dc.subject.jelcodeO10 - Economic Development: General
dc.subject.keywordsIDB-WP-158
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-K1095
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