The authors of this timely and provocative book use the tools of economic analysis to examine the formation and change of political borders. They argue that while these issues ...

A provocative argument that unless Europe takes serious action soon, its economic and political decline is unavoidable, and a clear statement of the steps Europe must take ...

This volume begins with a review of the main events of the year and how the European Central Bank has dealt with them. The report then deals with the relationships between the ...

For almost thirty years, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) has provided academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and ...

This book examines how electoral laws, the timing of election, the ideological orientation of governments, and the nature of competition between political parties influence ...

Experts analyze Colombia's recent institutional reforms and socioeconomic problems from the perspective of political economics and offer policy recommendations.

Is the federal budget deficit a result of congressional deadlocks, gross miscalculation of economic trends, or a Republican strategy to tie the budgetary hands of future ...

This book develops an integrated approach to understanding the American economy and national elections. Economic policy is generally seen as the result of a compromise between ...

Two forces affect the success of stabilization in both dramatic and dictatorial systems: (1) the policymakers' incentive to retain power and (2) society's polarization and the ...

It is rare for countries to give up their currencies and thus their ability to influence such critical aspects of their economies as interest and exchange rates. Yet ten years ...