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Facing Crises: Economy, Democvracy, and Political Transaction Costs

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  • Claude Ménard

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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This paper investigates the issues coming out of the existence of political transactiuon costs. Section 2 digs deeper in the concept of political transaction costs and assesses its relevance for understanding the (often chaotic) running of democracy. Section 3 discusses the conditions framing the formation and implementation of coalitions, pointing out the key role of ‘meso-institutions' in making coalitions possible and stable. Section 4 shows the complexity of issues involved in keeping political transaction costs under control, a necessary condition for democracies to survive. Section 5 derives some lessons from this analysis to explore why reforms are so difficult to draw and implement. Section 6 concludes with some comments about the hybrid nature of democratic regimes and the sources of their fragility.

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  • Claude Ménard, 2017. "Facing Crises: Economy, Democvracy, and Political Transaction Costs," Post-Print hal-04000979, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04000979
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52168-8
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