Politicians, Legislation, and the Economy - An Inquiry into the Interest-Group Theory of Government

Sommario

1 Analyzing Government.- Two Approaches to Analyzing Government.- The Interest-Group Theory of Government.- Plan of the Study.- Notes.- 2 Questions to be Answered.- Wealth Transfers and Organization Costs.- The "Market" for Wealth Transfers.- What This Analysis Is Not About.- What This Analysis Is About.- Summary.- Appendix: Heterogeneity Begets Wealth Redistribution.- Notes.- 3 The Demand and Supply of Wealth Transfers.- Maximizing the Returns from Legislation in a Bicameral.- Vote Market.- Empirical Evidence from State Legislatures.- Summary.- Notes.- 4 Legislatures as Wage Cartels.- Theory and Preliminary Implications.- A Test of Relative Wage Implications.- Wage Pay and Malfeasance.- Summary.- Notes.- 5 The Outside Earnings of Politicians.- The Market for Legislators.- Empirical Evidence from State Legislatures.- Low Wage Pay as an Entry Barrier in Politics.- Summary.- Notes.- 6 The Supply of Majority Leadership.- Competition for Majority Leadership.- Empirical Evidence from State Legislatures.- Summary.- Notes.- 7 The Determinants of Executive Branch Compensation.- Gubernatorial Compensation.- The Question of Malfeasance.- Summary.- Notes.- 8 Summary, Conclusions, and Future Directions.- Notes.- Name Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: R McCormick, R E McCormick, R. E. Mccormick, R.E. McCormick, Robert McCormick, Robert E. McCormick, Robert D Tollison, Robert D. Tollison
• Editore: Springer Netherlands
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.11.2011
• EAN: 9780898380583
• ISBN: 978-0-89838-058-3
• Pagine: 124
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 234 mm x 9 mm
• Peso: 810 g
• Illustrazioni: VIII, 124 p.
• Serie: Rochester Studies in Managerial Economics & Policy; Rochester Studies in Economics; Rochester Studies in Managerial Economics and Policy; Rochester Studies in Manageria
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche