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Stagnation or Stability?

Interest Groups and the Welfare State
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 2015

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Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich theoretisch und empirisch anhand der Fallstudien zu Schweden und Israel mit dem Paradigma der Institutionellen Sklerose, wonach Wohlfahrstaaten zu Stagnation, Inflation und zuletzt zu ökonomischem Verfall neigen, denen sie nicht entkommen können. Dieses Paradigma wird jedoch letztlich als obsolet verworfen.

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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-3-8487-2622-6
ISBN-Online
978-3-8452-6742-5
Publisher
Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series
Nomos Universitätsschriften - Volkswirtschaftslehre
Volume
4
Language
English
Pages
286
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Table of contents

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  1. Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access 1 - 12
  2. Introduction No access 13 - 22
    1. I. ‘The Rise and Decline of Nations’ - challenges to the welfare state No access
    2. II. Mancur Olson’s view on democracy and the rentseeking society No access
      1. III.a. A theory on the nature of interest groups and their organisation No access
      2. III.b. The acquisition of a public or collective good No access
      3. III.c. Importance and problems of ‘The Logic of Collective Action’ No access
    4. IV. The Rise and Decline of Nations No access
      1. IV.b. Empirical support in ‘The Rise and Decline of Nations’ No access
      2. IV.c. Importance and problems of ‘The Rise and Decline of Nations’ No access
    1. I. Empirical findings and case studies using Olson’s approach No access
    2. II. Research deviating from Olson’s methodology No access
    3. III. Interest groups and political volatility No access
    1. I. Why institutions exist No access
    2. II. Uncertainty and transaction costs No access
    3. III. Structure and enforcement of property rights No access
    4. IV. Organisations and stability No access
    1. I. Open societies, democracy, pluralism, or open access order No access
    2. II. Factors for stability No access
    3. III. Advancing the understanding of organisations and institutions No access
    4. IV. Pluralism and economic growth No access
  7. Stagnation or stability No access 109 - 130
  8. Pluralism – Stability and resilience through a quasi-indefinite regime outlook No access 131 - 134
      1. I.a. The early Swedish public policy No access
      2. I.b. Overcoming the Great Depression and the Second World War No access
      1. II.a. Policy beginnings No access
      2. II.b. Adapting the capital market No access
      1. III.a. Theoretical foundations No access
      2. III.b. Practical application No access
    4. IV. Transformation and traditions No access
      1. V.a. Economic factors No access
      2. V.b. Political factors No access
      3. V.c. Areas of policy conflict and international economic integration No access
      4. V.d. Why the Krona was defended No access
    6. VI. Return to the Swedish model No access
    7. VII. Conclusion and outlook No access
      1. I.a. From communitarian settlement to an ethnorepublican dirigisme No access
      2. I.b. The principles of the economic policy No access
      3. I.c. The financial market No access
      4. I.d. Investment policy No access
      5. I.e. Cost-of-living-allowances No access
      6. I.f. Politico-economic policy patterns No access
      7. I.g. The tax system No access
      8. I.h. The Histadrut state No access
      1. II.a. Stagnation, inflation, and policy volatility No access
      2. II.b. Reasons and policy agendas attributable to the decline No access
    3. III. Transaction costs of inflation No access
      1. IV.a. The Economic Emergency Plan of July 1985 No access
      2. IV.b. The re-invention of the Israeli politico-economic character No access
    5. V. How and why Israel overcame stagflation, price and wage rigidities No access
    6. VI. Conclusion and outlook No access
  11. Conclusion No access 271 - 276
  12. Bibliography No access 277 - 284
  13. Index No access 285 - 286

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