Across my desk this week:
The latest issue of the EJ has two papers of particular interest, the first demonstratinbg that labour market flexibility has increased in Britain and the second a concise account of why the new political economy matters for policy:
Barwell, R.D. and Schweitzer, M.E. (2007) ‘The incidence of nominal and real wage rigidities […]
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Across my desk this week:
The latest issue of the EJ has two papers of particular interest, the first demonstratinbg that labour market flexibility has increased in Britain and the second a concise account of why the new political economy matters for policy:
Barwell, R.D. and Schweitzer, M.E. (2007) ‘The incidence of nominal and real wage rigidities in Britain, 1978-98’, Economic Journal, 117 (9), pp. F553-F69.
Besley, T. (2007) ‘The new political economy’, Economic Journal, 117 (9), pp. F570-F87.
There are also a series of book reviews of:
Alesina, A. and Giavazzi, F. (2006) The future of Europe: reform or decline. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
which ought to be of interest and not just to the economists.
Of relevance to the last seminar, a good survey of the literature:
Anderson, C.J. (2007) ‘The end of economic voting?: contingency dilemmas and the limits of democratic accountability’, Annual Review of Political Science, 10, pp. 271-96.
see also:
Johnston, R. et al. (2005) ‘Egocentric economic voting and changes in party choice: Great Britain, 1992-2001’, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 15 (1), pp. 129-44.
Changing track, see:
Cline, H.W. (2007) ‘The modernisation of British government in historical perspective’, Parliamentary Affairs, online early.
Krieger, J. (2007) ‘The political economy of New Labour: the failuyre of a success story’, New Political Economy, 12 (3), pp. 421-32. Cites the Economist, 03.02.07, p. 12:
‘Countries, just like people, have moods [sic]: and Britain’s is somewhat grumpy right now. It is bored and disillusioned with politicians, not least with Tony Blair. It is unimpressed by public services, despite the public money Mr Balir has poured into them. It is cross about rising taxes and interest rates. It is concerned about social cohesion and frightened by homegrown bombers. It is furious about the Iraq war and George Bush. And, to cap it all, its cricket team can’t win anything.’
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