Doctoral Dissertation Research: Coordination, Commitment, and Time Horizons: A Comparative Study of the Politics of Macroeconomic Policy Making in Indonesia and Nigeria

这项研究研究政治和社会配置如何使一些政府致力于可持续的宏观经济政策。 经济学家强调，健全的宏观经济管理对于维持经济发展是多么重要。 然而，在过去十年中，许多发展中国家违背了它们对经济结构调整和改革的承诺。 这反过来又导致了经济衰退。 本研究以印度尼西亚和尼日利亚为案例，比较了使一些政府能够承诺和实施健全的宏观经济政策的政治条件和非正式制度安排。 研究的重点是协调在解决可信承诺问题和延长政治家的时间视野方面的作用。 对政策精英的深入调查和经济数据的收集有助于检验致力于经济改革的理论概念。

This research studies the ways in which political and social configurations enable some governments to commit themselves to sustainable macroeconomic policies. Economists have stressed how important sound macroeconomic management is for sustaining economic development. However, in the past decade many developing countries have reneged on their commitment to economic restructuring and reform. In turn this has led to declining economies. This research uses Indonesia and Nigeria as case studies to compare the political conditions and informal institutional arrangements that enable some governments to commit to and implement sound macroeconomic policies. The research focuses on the role of coordination in solving problems of credible commitment and in lengthening the time horizons of politicians. In-depth surveys of policy elites and the collection of economic data help test the theoretical concepts of committing to economic reform.