El reto economico de abrir la caja negra de la toma de decisiones politicas
Résumé
Institutions, particularly informal ones, are heavily value-loaded
and evolve slowly over time. Economic policies adopted through majority voting procedures at
different tiers of government, which is a central characteristic of democratic regimes, are deeply
influenced by the singular institutions of each country. Scholars wanting to understand the logic of
these policies must take this situational, contextualization aspect on board (and even more so if they
intend to make recommendations and influence policy-makers). As stressed along this book and by
Ostrom in the final chapter, we must get rid of the technocratic views about the ‘one fits all’
approach to economic policies. We must all become fully aware, as the contributors to this book are,
that alternative solutions always exist, and that choices must be based on comparatively assessing
these alternatives, which needs careful investigation, particularly since public policies almost often
involve important and unexpected distributional consequences. We must be grateful to the editors
of this book for having initiated a project that contributes so nicely to this goal.
Domaines
Economies et finances
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