Political Economy of Public Administration - Institutional Choice in the Public Sector

Klappentext Uses a transactions cost approach to explain key institutional characteristics across the public sector. Zusammenfassung This book applies the basic ideas and models of economics to develop a single transactions framework to explain the key institutional arrangements across the whole range of public sector organization! the regulatory commission! the executive tax-financed bureau! and the state-owned enterprise. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Basic theory and method: a transactions cost approach; 3. Regulatory institutions; 4. Bureaus and the budget; 5. Bureaus and the Civil Service; 6. Public versus private enterprise; 7. Public enterprise versus Public Bureau; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Murray J. Horn, Horn Murray J.
• Assisted by: Randall Calvert (Editor), Thrainn Eggertsson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.1995
• EAN: 9780521484367
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48436-7
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions; Political Economy of Instituti; Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Political Economy, Central / national / federal government, Central government