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Contested Economic Institutions

Contested Economic Institutions

Iversen, Torben

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

EconomicsGeneral Political ScienceSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0521642264
ISBN13: 9780521642262
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Aug 28 1999
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
This book helps explain one of the most intriguing and politically salient puzzles in comparative political economy: why some countries have much higher unemployment rates than others. Contrary to new classical economics the focus is on explaining distribution and equilibrium unemployment, and contrary to neo-corporatist theory the role of monetary policy and rational expectation is integral to the analysis. The book makes two central arguments. The first is that monetary policies affect equilibrium employment whenever wages are set above the firm level. The second argument focuses on the distributive effects of different institutions, and models institutional design as a strategic game between partisan governments and cross-class alliances of unions and employers.

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