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Sakamoto, Takayuki. "Economic Performance of" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66532_index.html>

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Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Comparative political economists have conventionally claimed that the strength and stability of governments affect policy making and performance, and that "weak" governments--multiparty, minority, and short-lived--how poorer economic performance. This paper tests this and related hypotheses on deficits, economic growth, unemployment, and inflation by examining data from 17 OECD countries. We find that there is generally little evidence to indicate that weak governments, when considered independently, produce poorer performance than strong ones. But the effects of different government types are partly conditional on the central bank and labor organization. When the central bank is strong, coalition governments exhibit better inflation and economic growth performance than one-party governments, but the opposite happens when the central bank is weak. Tentative explanations for these relationships are attempted. We also find that a strong central bank, generally, leads to higher inflation and lower growth. This suggests that some of the benefits of central bank independence may be context-specific, depending on other political-economic factors.

Coalition governments, social insurance and central bank independence versus inflation: fighting inflation alone or together?

Politics, Institutions, and Economic Policy Paradigms: The Global Spread of Central Bank Independence

Who or What Governs: A Comparison of Economic, Political, Institutional, and Bureaucratic Effects on Urban Governance