Influence Of Economic Ideas Research Articles

Economic Ideas and Institutional Change: The Case of the Russian Stabilisation Fund

An intense discussion is taking place in international political economy on the influence of economic ideas on institutional change. Case studies so far have, however, mainly focused on the Western industrialised countries and research seems to be biased towards cases in which new ideas caused lasting institutional change. The present paper addresses these two shortcomings by analysing the case of the Russian Stabilisation Fund (SF). This case is an example both of the impact of global ideas on a non-Western emerging country and of a ‘near miss’ in the sense that imported neoliberal ideas failed to assert themselves enduringly. Paradoxically, it can be shown how the neoliberally based idea of the SF even contributed to the return to Soviet patterns of industrial policy. The main reason for this, we argue, is that the Fund's implementation was not preceded by economic and political debates. Accordingly, the imported institution of the SF had to be filled with ideational content after its implementation.

Organisational Economics and the Evolution of a New Management Science

This paper reviews the origins of organisational economics and critically examines its influence on business-school scholarship and pedagogy in the eighties and nineties and argues three points. First, it is useful to analyse the infiltration of economic ideas about internal organisation of firms into organisational science within the context of the methodology of scientific research programmes. Second, the adoption by management theorists of organisational economics as part of a new science of organisations represented a significant change in research style within business schools and may have contributed to practices that came under heavy criticism in the last decade. Third, the influence of economic ideas on management science represented not only an infusion of methods and models, but an infusion of ideology as well, raising important philosophical questions concerning the development of management science.

Political economy and tax reform in parliament: Spain's attempt to implement income tax in 1868-1869

AbstractThe influence of economic ideas in parliamentary debates has attracted increasing attention in the analysis of the institutionalisation of political economy in the liberal age in the Western world. Within this framework, this paper explores a particular case: the relevance of economic ideas and the role of economists in the debates that took place in the Spanish Parliament in 1869 following the bill issued by the Minister of Finance Figuerola to establish a tax on personal incomes. Economic ideas and parliamentarian economists played a significant role in the design of the income tax as a key tool to modernise Spain's tax system, and in the subsequent parliamentary discussions.

A Re-Evaluation of Ideas, Interests and Politics in Repeal: The Case of Belgian Corn Laws, 1834-1873

Economic interests, the influence of economic ideas and politics have been put forward in the literature as explanations for the British Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. In this paper, we will evaluate these competing explanations using the case of the liberalization of Belgian corn tariffs. The Belgian protectionist Corn Laws of 1834 were abolished in different steps between 1845 and 1873. The first part of this paper uses quantitative methods to assess the success of party affiliation, personal interests and the economic profile of the constituencies in predicting voting behavior. Thanks to the detailed censuses of 1846 on agriculture, industry and population, it is possible to typify the economic make-up of the electoral districts in much more detail than in the British case. However, the analysis of roll-call voting proves that party affiliation and personal and constituency economic interests are insufficient to explain the shift towards free trade. The second part of the paper then discusses the role played by political strategy and ideas in the liberalization of corn tariffs, using a qualitative analysis of the debates on tariff policy. The large number of votes over a forty year period allows us to document the relationship between ideas and interests in a new way.

Innocence and design: the influence of economic ideas on policy Managing macroeconomic policy: the Johnson presidency

Other| September 01 1988 Innocence and design: the influence of economic ideas on policyManaging macroeconomic policy: the Johnson presidency David Henderson. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1986. Pp. viii, 117. $24.95. James E. Anderson and Jared E. Hazleton. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986. Pp. xii, 285. $27.50. Dale L. Cramer Dale L. Cramer Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1988) 20 (3): 501–504. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-20-3-501 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Dale L. Cramer; Innocence and design: the influence of economic ideas on policyManaging macroeconomic policy: the Johnson presidency. History of Political Economy 1 September 1988; 20 (3): 501–504. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-20-3-501 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsHistory of Political Economy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 1988 by Duke University Press1988 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.

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Book reviewed in this article: Advanced Econometrics. By Takeshi Amemiya Regional Economics and Policy. By Harvey Armstrog and Jim Taylor Essays in Development Economics. Volume 1: Wealth and Poverty. Volume 2: Dependence and Interdependence. By Jagdish Bhagwati Welfare Economics. By Robin Boadway and Neil Bruce The Sexual Division of Work: Conceptual Revolutions in the Social Sciences. By Shirley Dex Argentina: The Economic Crisis in the 1980s. By Bernhard Fischer, Ulrich Hiemenz and Peter Trapp. (Kieler Studien 197) Public Expenditure and Government Growth. Edited by Francesco Forte and Alan Peacock. On Monetary Causes of Real Exchange Rate Changes. By Reinhard W. Fürstenberg Money, Growth and Stability. By Frank Hahn Planning the British Economy. By Paul Hare. Innocence and Design. The Influence of Economic Ideas on Policy. By David Henderson The Economic Analysis of Unions: New Approacha and Evidence. By Barry T. Hiasch and John T. Addison. Uncertainty and the Labour Market: Recent Developments in Job Search Theorg. By C. J. McKennaOxford Review of Economic Policy: Volume 1, Issue No. 3 Work and Welfare in Economic Theory. By Ugo Pagano Multinationals and Transfer Pricing. Edited by Alan M. Rugman and Lorraine Eden The Economic Development of Modern Scotland, 1950–1980. Edited by Richard Saville The Economics of Michal Kalecki. By Matcorn C. Sawyer Cost, Use, and Value. By Francis Seton Britain and the Multinationals. By John M. Stopford and Lorn Turner Small Firms in Regional Economic Development: Britain, Ireland and the United States. Edited by D. J. Storey. Innovation and Management Control: Labour Relation at BL Cars. By Paul Willman and Graham Winch.