A postwar history of the rules vs discretion debate

The work reviews the post-war history of the rules vs discretion debate. The focus is principally on theoretical developments which came to have a bearing on the debate. With the central figure of the debate being, without a doubt, M. Friedman, much of the huge literature centres around arguments fi...

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Main Author: V. ARGY
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2013-10-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/10828
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description The work reviews the post-war history of the rules vs discretion debate. The focus is principally on theoretical developments which came to have a bearing on the debate. With the central figure of the debate being, without a doubt, M. Friedman, much of the huge literature centres around arguments first raised by him. Hence, special attention is paid to his contributions.   JEL: B22
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