When do Politicians Want Reforms?

When do politicians implement economic reforms? This
book analyzes the conditions for economic reforms in
various policy areas and presents tools of analysis
for understanding how political institutions
constrain and shape the incentives of political
decision-makers to implement such reforms. It
identifies reasons why governments might not enact
sufficiently large economic reforms, delay necessary
reforms, or take the wrong reform steps. In
particular, this book looks at the incentives to
privatize state-owned enterprises, to enact reforms
in the presence of influential interest gropus, and
to implement anti-corruption measures as examples
for policy areas where economic reforms matter.

Autorentext

Studium der Politikwissenschaft und Volkswirtschaftslehre,
Promotion in Volkswirtschaftslehre an der LMU München, derzeit
Regulierungsmanagerin bei der bayernets GmbH München.

Klappentext

When do politicians implement economic reforms? This
book analyzes the conditions for economic reforms in
various policy areas and presents tools of analysis
for understanding how political institutions
constrain and shape the incentives of political
decision-makers to implement such reforms. It
identifies reasons why governments might not enact
sufficiently large economic reforms, delay necessary
reforms, or take the wrong reform steps. In
particular, this book looks at the incentives to
privatize state-owned enterprises, to enact reforms
in the presence of influential interest gropus, and
to implement anti-corruption measures as examples
for policy areas where economic reforms matter.