Soft budget constraint and the parastatal sector

Mehrdad Vahabi

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Abstract: This paper explores the relevance of soft budget constraints (SBC) to development studies by examining the parastatal sector. The political ingredient of the SBC is discussed by focusing on two examples: 1) religious and military foundations in Iran; and 2) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It presents two main findings. First, the SBC of the parastatal sector can be understood as the political economy of a predator state or state’s rent-seeking activity. Second, the state sector is more prone to the SBC compared with a decentralized competitive market, but it might be subject to a harder budget constraint in comparison with the parastatal sector.

Keywords: soft and hard budget constraints; parastatal sector; predatory state; religious and military Foundations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 D21 D72 D73 D74 E11 G38 H11 H83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-10
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