01747cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001368 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451842692 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Olters, Jan-Peter. Modeling Politics with Economic Tools : A Critical Survey of the Literature / Jan-Peter Olters. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (63 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Whereas the economics discipline possesses a highly refined theoretical apparatus to analyze the effects of government behaviour on the economy, it has not (yet) managed to fully develop a positively formulated "economic theory of politics" that would permit the integration of the decision-making processes of voters, parties and governments with those of consumers and firms. Considerable recent advances notwithstanding, the large and heterogeneous body of literature has (so far) remained outside the economic mainstrain. The paper surveys the main approaches used to endogenize democratic elements and assesses the underlying reasons for researchers' renewed interest in this field. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/010 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2001/010/001.2001.issue-010-en.xml IMF e-Library