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100 1 _aKeefer, Philip.
245 1 0 _aElections, special interests and the fiscal costs of financial crisis /
_cPhilip Keefer.
260 _aWashington, D.C :
_bWorld Bank,
_c2004.
300 _a48p ;
_c27 cm.
440 0 _aPolicy research working papers ;
_vno. 3439
500 _aAlso available online.
500 _a"Keefer proposes a new approach to explain why the costs of crisis are greater in some countries than in others. He begins with the premise that many crises result others. He begins with the premise that many crises result from the willingness of politicians to cater to special interests at the expense of broad social interests. A parsimonious model predicts that the less costly it is for average citizens to expel politicians, the more veto players there are; the less important are exogenous shocks, and the more difficult it is for politicians and special interests to forge credible agreements, the lower the costs of crisis are. Though these predictions differ from those in the literature, empirical evidence presented shows that they explain the fiscal costs of financial crisis, even after controlling for the financial sector policies believed to contribute most to the efficient pr
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
506 _aOpen access.
650 0 _aElections.
650 0 _aFinancial crises.
650 0 _aFiscal policy.
710 2 _aWorld Bank.
949 _aBSPC
_bSPC
_cHG3881.5
_d.W57no.3439
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