TY - GEN AB - Analyse: Partisans cycles in inflation and output growth typically occurs in a two-party system with rational voters, as a result of polarization between alternating policymakers. AB - In addition, elections in such a bipolar system may induce in policymaker expecting to be defeated to use public debt in order to constrain the policy of the future government. AB - This thesis shows that in a three-party system which requires a two-party coalition for a government to form, the ideal point of the party with intermediate preferences is the unique equilibrium of the legislative bargaining game, except under a particular distribution of votes. AB - Only in that case does the economy exhibit a partisan shock and the pivotal party agrees upon a strategic level of public debt. AB - However, the magnitude of both political bias, which depends upon parties' relative motivations for seeking office, is not larger than those resulting from a two-party competition. AU - Gultas, Mehmet CN - HEITH 519 CY - Genève DA - 1994 DA - 1994 ID - 898 N2 - Analyse: Partisans cycles in inflation and output growth typically occurs in a two-party system with rational voters, as a result of polarization between alternating policymakers. N2 - In addition, elections in such a bipolar system may induce in policymaker expecting to be defeated to use public debt in order to constrain the policy of the future government. N2 - This thesis shows that in a three-party system which requires a two-party coalition for a government to form, the ideal point of the party with intermediate preferences is the unique equilibrium of the legislative bargaining game, except under a particular distribution of votes. N2 - Only in that case does the economy exhibit a partisan shock and the pivotal party agrees upon a strategic level of public debt. N2 - However, the magnitude of both political bias, which depends upon parties' relative motivations for seeking office, is not larger than those resulting from a two-party competition. PB - Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales PP - Genève PY - 1994 PY - 1994 T1 - Macroeconomic policy and politics in a three-party systema noncooperative bargaining approach TI - Macroeconomic policy and politics in a three-party systema noncooperative bargaining approach Y1 - 1994 ER -