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Author Hibbs, Douglas A., 1944-

Title The American political economy : macroeconomics and electoral politics / Douglas A. Hibbs, Jr.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1987.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  338.973 H624A    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: A Framework for the Analysis of Macroeconomics and Electoral Politics -- I. Macroeconomic and Institutional Background -- Postwar American Macroeconomic Performance in Historical Perspective -- The Costs of Unemployment -- The Costs of Inflation -- II. The Demand for Economic Outcomes -- Public Concern about Inflation and Unemployment -- Macroeconomic Performance and Mass Political Support for the President -- Economic Performance and the 1980 and 1984 Elections -- III. The Supply of Economic Outcomes -- Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policies and Outcomes -- Political Business Cycles -- Macroeconomic and Distributional Outcomes during Reagan's First Four Years.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [329]-395.
Subject Business cycles -- Political aspects -- United States.
Elections -- United States.
United States -- Economic policy -- 1981-
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-
ISBN 0674027353 alkaline paper
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