Future rent-seeking and current public savings

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-136

  Caballero, Ricardo J ^a   Yared, Pierre ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic and political risk; Politicians; Precautionary savings; Public debt; Rent seeking; Starve the beast

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; DEBT; MODELING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RENT SEEKING; SAVINGS;

EID: 77958151262     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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