Searching for the “Social Compromise Solution”: A Conflict Analysis Procedure for Illuminating Distributional Issues

As discussed in Chap. 1, one of the most interesting research directions in modern public economic policy is the explicit attempt to take political constraints, interest groups and collusion effects into account. The issue of “distributional coalitions” has been considered of key importance in determining growth factors (Olson, 1982). In the framework of sustainability policies, the need to deal with conflicts among various social actors is even more unavoidable.