From "what is new political economy" to "why is everything new political economy?"

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In this paper I aim to try defining New Political Economy (NEP) as the economic study of politics, with a macroeconomic focus. It emerged from the influences mainly from the criticism of theory of economic policy, political business cycle research, public choice theory and new institutional economics. Due to its ample nature, different economists have different understandings of what it is, and their definitions may clash against each other. This article aims to be a contribution to dissipate this confusion.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CHOPE Working Paper ; No. 2018-16

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; History of Economic Thought: Macroeconomics ; History of Economic Thought since 1925: Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School
• Subject: political economy ; new political economy ; public choice ; new institutional economics ; political economics ; political macroeconomics ; theory of economic policy ; political business cycles ; economics and politics ; positive political economy

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): de Almeida, Rafael Galvão
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Duke University, Center for the History of Political Economy (CHOPE)
• (where): Durham, NC
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/184684
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET