Power Fluctuations and Political Economy

We study (constrained) Pareto efficient allocations in a dynamic production economy where the group that holds political power decides the allocation of resources. For high discount factors, the economy converges to a first-best allocation where labor supply decisions are not distorted. For low disc...

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Main Authors: Acemoglu, Daron (Contributor), Golosov, Michael (Author), Tsyvinski, Aleh (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2011-03-24T18:19:03Z.
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