Political economy and public finance : the role of political economy in the theory and practice of public economics /
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Cheltenham :
E. Elgar,
2002
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Political economy and public finance: a brief introduction / Stanley L. Winer and Hirofumi Shibata
- Pt. 1: Does public finance need political economy?
- 2. Public finance, public choice and the political economy of regulation / Geoffrey Brennan
- 3. Public and welfare economics under monopolistic and competitive governments / Albert Breton
- Pt. 2: Should collective choice play a role in the standard of reference used in normative public finance?
- 4. The role of public choice considerations in normative public economics / Robin Boadway
- 5. Better than what? Policy analysis, collective choice and the standard of reference / Walter Hettich
- Pt. 3: What is a 'failure' in a non-market or policy process?
- 6. Normative public finance without guilt: why normative public finance is positive public finance / Donald Wittman
- 7. On the origin and identification of government failures / William A. Niskanen
- Pt. 4: What have we learned about the theory and practice of public finance from three decades of empirical research on public choice?
- 8. Interest groups, redistribution and the size of government / Dennis C. Mueller
- 9. The effects of fiscal institutions on public finance: a survey of the empirical evidence / Gebhard Kirchgs̃sner
- 10. Experimental investigation of collective action / Frans van Winden
- Pt. 5: A practitioner's view of the political economy of redistribution
- 11. Equity policy and political feasibility in the European Union / Aníbal Cavaco Silva
- Pt. 6: Where do we go from here?
- 12. Directions for future research / Eugene Smolensky
- 13. Where do we go from here? / Heinrich W. Ursprung.