Are promises indebting? Political economy of electoral promises
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Keywords
Lobbies; Promises; Elections; Electoral competition; Lies;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2008-06-21 (Collective Decision-Making)
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