Political economy of developed countries

The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regime Determination: A Comparison of Developing and Developed Countries

The non-optimal choice of exchange rate policy is a serious obstacle to improving the country's economic situation. Considering that the involvement of political economy factors in the adoption of exchange rate policy causes its inefficiency and the choice of exchange rate regime in developing countries seems to has been more influenced by the political economy factors, the study of amount and ...

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...

The Political Economy of Agricultural Market Reforms in Developing Countries

We study the determinants of agricultural market reforms in developing countries. What prompted the governments in these countries to abruptly begin deregulating their agricultural markets in the late 1980’s? We answer this question by constructing a completely new dataset based on agricultural market regulations in 88 developing countries from 1960 to 2003. Our results suggest that the sudden ...

Institutions and the Political Economy of Corruption in Developing Countries

Political Budget Cycles In Developed and Developing Countries ∗

This paper uses a large panel data set to examine the relation between elections and fiscal policy. We find evidence of political budget cycles in both developed and developing countries: government spending increases before elections while revenues fall, leading to a larger deficit in election years. We demonstrate that political budget cycles are much larger in developing countries than in de...