BLAME, GAME-THEORY AND ECONOMIC-POLICY - THE CASES OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC-FINANCE

Authors
ANAND P
Citation
P. Anand, BLAME, GAME-THEORY AND ECONOMIC-POLICY - THE CASES OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC-FINANCE, Journal of theoretical politics, 10(1), 1998, pp. 111-123
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Political Science
Journal title
Journal of theoretical politics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09516298
Volume
10
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
111 - 123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-6298(1998)10:1<111:BGAE-T>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Two case-studies are used to suggest that political sensitivity to bla me has important consequences for the design and success of economic p olicy. The note begins with some remarks indicating how blame might be modelled in the standard noncooperative game-theoretic framework.