Based on an extensive review of the literature on economic modeling and politics in the Western industrialized democracies, this article addresses the impacts of computerized economic models on political decision-making processes. Covering a broad area of research, the article addresses what different implications computerized models have compared to pen-and-paper-based models and how economic modeling differs from any other (expert-based) tools/aids in the decision-making processes. Keywords computers, economic models, politics, social impacts of computing, decision making.
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