The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy in Argentina

A Transactions Cost Approach

Pablo T Spiller author Mariano Tommasi author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:31st Jul '09

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This book develops a general model of public policy making and undertakes a detailed study of Argentina based on that model.

This book develops a general model of public policymaking, focusing on the difficulties of securing intertemporal exchanges among politicians. They also undertake a detailed study of Argentina, using statistical newly developed data to complement their nuanced account of institutions, rules, incentives and outcomes.This book develops a general model of public policymaking, focusing on the difficulties of securing intertemporal exchanges among politicians. By using this model the authors are able to derive a series of empirical propositions about the conditions under which policies are likely to be volatile, rigid, or high quality. In addition, the authors combine the tools of game theory with Williamson's transaction cost theory, North's institutional arguments, and contract theory, to provide a general theory of public policymaking in a comparative political economy setting. They also undertake a detailed study of Argentina, using statistical analyses on newly developed data to complement their nuanced account of institutions, rules, incentives and outcomes. Drawing on this research the book explores the reasons for Argentina's seeming inability to design and implement high quality public policies over a sustained period of time.

' … this detailed country case study warns against naively technocratic approaches to policy and institutional reforms. Students of political economy, public policy and development studies will benefit immensely from this book … this books is bound to serve as an exemplar for a systematic and integrated study of public policy making in a comparative political economy setting.' Development and Change

ISBN: 9780521145787

Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 18mm

Weight: 340g

254 pages