Robust political economy

Peter Leeson and J. Subrick ()

The Review of Austrian Economics, 2006, vol. 19, issue 2, 107-111

Abstract: This paper introduces the idea of “robust political economy.” In the context of political economic systems, “robustness” refers to a political economic arrangement's ability to produce social welfare-enhancing outcomes in the face of deviations from ideal assumptions about individuals' motivations and information. Since standard assumptions about complete and perfect information, instantaneous market adjustment, perfect agent rationality, political actor benevolence, etc., rarely, if ever actually hold, a realistic picture and accurate assessment of the desirability of alternative political economic systems requires an analysis of alternative systems' robustness. The Mises-Hayek critique of socialism forms the foundation for investigations of robustness that relax ideal informational assumptions. The Buchanan-Tullock public choice approach complements this foundation in forming the basis for investigations of robustness that relax ideal motivational assumptions. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2006

Keywords: Austrian economics; Public choice; Robustness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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