ELEFANTES BLANCOS

Tarek Abdo
www.elperiferico.com, 2021
Level: beginner
Perspectives: Institutionalist Economics, Neoclassical Economics
Topic: North-South Relations & Development
Format: Podcast
Duration: 00:25:12
Link: https://www.elperiferico.com/elefantes-blancos/

Este artículo presenta el problema de los elefantes blancos desde una perspectiva institucionalista. Analiza los incentivos económicos y electorales de los políticos que generan ineficiencia en los llamados "megaproyectos".

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La fuente de este contenido es una página que busca abordar temas complicados de forma simple para proveer un marco de análisis económico al ciudadano común. Este artículo es una muy buena muestra de la forma en que los neoclásicos (en este caso el político es racional y egoísta) estudian la economía política y el funcionamiento de las instituciones. Es decir, de qué forma las instituciones ofrecen no promueven la alineación de incentivos entre políticos y población. Ejemplifican la extrema gravedad del problema y muestran que con pequeños cambios institucionales se podría lograr grandes cambios sociales.

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