Advances in Political Economy - Institutions, Modelling and Empirical Analysis

This book presents latest research in the field of Political Economy, dealing with the integration of economics and politics and the way institutions affect social decisions. The focus is on innovative topics such as an institutional analysis based on case studies; the influence of activists on political decisions; new techniques for analyzing elections, involving game theory and empirical methods.

List of contents

Institutions.- Modelling.- Empirical Analysis.

Summary

This book presents latest research in the field of Political Economy, dealing with the integration of economics and politics and the way institutions affect social decisions. The focus is on innovative topics such as an institutional analysis based on case studies; the influence of activists on political decisions; new techniques for analyzing elections, involving game theory and empirical methods.

Product details

• Assisted by: Gonzal Caballero (Editor), Gonzalo Caballero (Editor), Daniel Kselman (Editor), Norman Schofield (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2013
• EAN: 9783642352386
• ISBN: 978-3-642-35238-6
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 27 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 746 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 392 p.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, Public Economics, Political Science and International Studies, Political Economy, Public finance, Public finance & taxation, International Political Economy, International Political Economy’, Institutions;Political Economy;Voting