| Journal: | Journal of applied economics |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000401683 |
| ISSN: | 1667-6726 |
| Authors: | Scartascini, Carlos1 Stein, Ernesto1 Tommasi, Mariano2 |
| Institutions: | 1Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Washington, Distrito de Columbia. Estados Unidos de América 2Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires. Argentina |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Season: | May |
| Volumen: | 16 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 1-32 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | While economists have tended to focus on specific public policies when developing recommendations, the achievement of welfare objectives might depend more on the quality of policies than their content. This paper develops several measures of the qualities of policies across countries, arguing that the quality of public policies depends on each polity’s ability to strike intertemporal transactions necessary to develop and sustain effective policies. The analytical framework developed here indicates that this ability depends on several characteristics of political institutions, such as congressional capabilities, judicial independence, and bureaucratic independence and professionalism. The empirical evidence presented supports this idea |
| Disciplines: | Economía |
| Keyword: | Política económica, Instituciones políticas, Políticas públicas, Gobierno, Congreso, Independencia judicial, Institucionalización política, Burocracia, Desempeño gubernamental |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
