11Economic Politics. The Costs of Democracy

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1、EconomicpoliticsThisbookraisesandaddressesquestionsabouttheconsequencesofdemocraticinstitutionsforeconomicperformance.Doinstitu-tionsofaccountabilityinsideandoutsidegovernmentthroughperiodicelectionsproducedesiredresults?Dotheyleadtoma-nipulationoftheeconomyoveranelectoralcycl

2、e,ortothepursuitofpartisangoalsatoddswithageneralsocietalinterest?DrawinguponconcreteandobservableexperienceintheUnitedStatesandoccasionalreferencetoothercountries,Profes-sorKeechsuggeststhattherearecostsofdemocraticprocedures.Butthesecostsaremodestandbearable,andsimilartothea

3、gencycostsincurredwheneveraprincipaldelegatesauthoritytoanagent.Democracydoesnotsystematicallycauseinferiormacroeconomicpolicy.Thisaccessiblesynthesisandsharpper-spectiveonalargetopicalliteraturewillbehighlyusefulforprofessionals,graduatestudents,upper-levelundergraduates,andi

4、nterestedcitizensaimingtounderstandtherelationshipbetweenpoliticsandeconomics.EconomicpoliticsThecostsofdemocracyWILLIAMR.KEECHUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHillCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSPublishedbythePressSyndicateoftheUniversityofCambridgeThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,C

5、ambridgeCB21RP40West20thStreet,NewYork,NY10011-4211,USA10StamfordRoad,Oakleigh,Melbourne3166,Australia©CambridgeUniversityPress1995Firstpublished1995Reprinted1996LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataKeech,WilliamR.Economicpolitics:thecostsofdemocracy/WilliamR.Keech.p.

6、cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-521-46206-1(hbk).-ISBN0-521-46768-3(pbk.)1.Democracy-Economicaspects-UnitedStates.2.Representativegovernmentandrepresentation-Economicaspects-UnitedStates.I.Title.JK271.K3181995338.9-dc2094-11813CIPAcatalogrecordforthisbookisa

7、vailablefromtheBritishLibrary.ISBN0-521-46206-1hardbackISBN0-521-46768-3paperbackTransferredtodigitalprinting2004ToDanandtoSarahContentsListoffiguresandtablespageixPrefaceandacknowledgmentsxiINTRODUCTION1MacroeconomicPoliticsandtheCostsofDemocracy32MacroeconomicTheoriesandThei

8、rPoliticalImplications22MODELSOFROUTINEPOLITICS3ModelsofAccou