Public Goods Public Enterprise Public Choice

Author : Lionel Orchard,Hugh Stretton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349235056

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Public Goods, Public Enterprise, Public Choice by Lionel Orchard,Hugh Stretton Pdf

'A brilliant critical and fresh look at the public choice school of thought.' - Paul Streeten This book challenges theories of public goods, public enterprise and public choice on three fronts. Government action reflects wider interests and commitments than just the material self-interest assumed as primary by the three theories. Government contributes to the productivity and quality of the modern mixed economy in ways not captured by theories stressing the inherent superiority of private markets. Lastly, old and new ideas within established traditions of political thought justify government action beyond the libertarian argument for limited government.

Author : Emanuel S. Savas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429726903

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Alternatives For Delivering Public Services by Emanuel S. Savas Pdf

This book is the result of a program undertaken nine years ago by the Diebold Institute for Public Policy Studies, Inc., to identify and analyze potentials for private sector involvement in the delivery of public services. Since its founding in 1968, the Diebold Institute has focused on this question in the belief that private enterprise is capable of infusing public service delivery with the efficiency in resource allocation and management that is its hallmark, whether through direct involvement as a service provider or as a source of market dynamics and management techniques.

Author : George A. Boyne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230373099

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Public Choice Theory and Local Government by George A. Boyne Pdf

This book evaluates the validity of a key proposition of public choice theory: that competition is associated with superior performance by governmental organisations. Three forms of competition in local government are identified: competition between local authorities, competition between councils and private contractors, and competition between parties for political power. The extent and consequences of competition are assessed in both the UK and USA. The analysis is used to draw conclusions on the effects of competition and the validity of public choice theory.

Author : D. Bös
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642455230

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Economic Theory of Public Enterprise by D. Bös Pdf

Author : Peter Self
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39076001498570

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Government By The Market? by Peter Self Pdf

An account of "public choice" theories, and examines their influence upon government policies in English-speaking countries. Issues covered include slimming the state, privatizing welfare and restructuring government. Final chapters offer an alternative view of the basis of good government.

Author : John Cullis,Philip Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199234783

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Public Finance and Public Choice by John Cullis,Philip Jones Pdf

Public Finance and Public Choice provides a comprehensive analysis of the economics of the public sector, taking a diagrammatic approach to the subject. Particular emphasis is given to the public choice and behavioural economics schools of thought.

Author : Thomas Laudal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000705720

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A New Approach to the Economics of Public Goods by Thomas Laudal Pdf

Public goods are typically defined only in reference to the good itself but, as this book argues, the public goods can be better understood if contextual variables are incorporated. This book discusses the production and provision of public goods. It asserts that changes related to public goods are better understood if the category of goods are not decided solely by the properties of the good itself. We also need to focus on how the enabled utility of a good is influenced by the production and the provision of the good. The book opens with a brief introduction to common conceptions of public goods and a review of the existing literature - highlighting the limitations of current definitions of public goods. It presents a new multi-layered approach to public goods. This has implications for the discourse on public goods and for our understanding of the societal and environmental impact of public goods. The implications are illustrated in several areas; public goods in ancient history, privatization, innovation, competitiveness and prices, democracy and political standards, and economic growth. The book provides a provocative argument for a new way to analyze public goods which will appeal to scholars and students interested in the economic analysis of public goods, arguments regarding the privatizing or nationalizing of production and services, and method of modelling and measuring sustainable business activities.

Author : June A. Sekera
Publisher : Springer
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319404875

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The Public Economy in Crisis by June A. Sekera Pdf

This Brief proposes a new theory of public economics which deemphasizes reliance on the free market and affirms the importance of public goods and services within the context of the democratic process and constitutional governance. Public non-market production makes up from a quarter to more than half of all economic activity in advanced democratic nation-states. Yet by imposing market precepts on the public domain, as mainstream economics, political science, and public administration do, public governing capacity is weakened and the democratic system suffers. Agencies originally created to meet public needs are being warped into entities whose purpose is to generate revenue and, in some cases, deliver private profits at public expense. Drawing on classic public finance literature, this book illustrates the differences between public economy and the market model and why those differences matter. Building on this, the Brief sketches the elements of a new theory of the public non-market and illuminates its connections to the delegation of power and collective provision of resources from the polity. This book will be useful to scholars of public economics, political science, and public administration as well as policy makers and those working in the public sector.

Author : Jean-Philippe Touffut
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847201843

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Advancing Public Goods by Jean-Philippe Touffut Pdf

This is a timely and thought-provoking book which brings the discussion of public goods to confront the contemporary world economy where such goods have often a global nature and require super-national provision and control. Giovanni Dosi, St Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy In this wide-ranging selection of papers, distinguished economists, public policy advisers and political theorists contribute to the debate on public goods. The studies cover topics in the conceptualization, classification and stratification of public goods. Also examined are public institutional design, global economic institutions and partnership typologies. Individual papers address the financing, regulatory, organizational and legal aspects relating to services of general interest in Europe. The dynamics of global public good production, including monopolies, patents, scientific uncertainty and market failures, are discussed. Empirical research on the state, profit and non-profit sectors is presented. Providing numerous examples of specific public goods, the contributions also highlight the impact of macroeconomic policies on provision. The book presents a broad diversity of new approaches to global public goods within the framework of mixed economies, beyond the standard economic analysis of public services. Academics, researchers and policymakers in the area of global public goods and services will find this volume of great interest.

Author : Roland Bardy
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783111134611

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Public Goods and Commons by Roland Bardy Pdf

Humans and human wellbeing depend on the natural resources provided by Planet Earth, and they depend on the solidarity between human beings. That is, on the social resources provided by society. Both types of resources are available to everyone: they are public goods. The book approaches the topic from various angles, including the often-neglected dimension of measuring. It offers a holistic conception that covers the macro- and the micro-economic, the political and the developmental aspects. It shows which range of action is available at different levels of decision-making and which outcomes these may provide. And it emphasizes that a philosophical base is needed for understanding and managing the topic, and that wellbeing can only be improved and the common good can only be maintained if the public and the private sectors cooperate. With the advent of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals, this cooperation has received momentum in all its facets and for all levels – from the local to the global. The book is aimed both at scholars and students as well as practitioners in businesses and in public service. In academia, it may serve as a companion to textbooks on, e.g., public finance, sustainable development, social affairs, and public-private partnerships, both in undergraduate and graduate levels. For professionals in businesses and in public service, the book offers an insight into the topic that does not recur to an academic language. There is always a need for books that appeal both to readers who are managers as well as to scholars who wish to glance beyond their adopted profession.

Author : John Fenwick,Lorraine Johnston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351110976

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Public Enterprise and Local Place by John Fenwick,Lorraine Johnston Pdf

This book presents the key interactions in local government and public enterprise, drawing together the challenges for local governance in the practice of public entrepreneurship and its response to collaboration, place and place making. Specifically, this book includes the impact of local partnerships and public entrepreneurs in local policy implementation. It is written by established authors bringing together their experience and practice of local partnerships and public entrepreneurship in place-based strategies, and will be of value to local government, new forms of enterprise partnerships, wider agencies and public entrepreneurship scholars as well as policymakers responsible for implementation of place-based regeneration. This text will be of key interest to students, scholars and practitioners in public administration, business administration, local government, entrepreneurship, public sector management and more broadly to those with interests in public policy, business and management, political science, economics, urban studies and geography.

Author : Roland Bardy,Arthur Rubens,Raymond Saner,Lichia Yiu
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781527566255

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Public Goods, Sustainable Development and the Contribution of Business by Roland Bardy,Arthur Rubens,Raymond Saner,Lichia Yiu Pdf

This book provides an expansive review of the public goods theme and highlights the inherent linkage between sustainable development and corporate responsibility for improving the current and future welfare of communities both at home and abroad. The main proposition here is that sustainable development is focused on preserving and maintaining public goods. Consequently, whoever uses public goods is liable for their preservation, their maintenance, and, where they are underdeveloped, for their expansion. Successful delivery, both now and in the future, depends on a positive relationship of the public sector with the private sector. This book will serve to stimulate discussions of scholars and policy makers in the field of sustainable development with business leaders, and will close the gap between the public and the private sectors by building a common understanding and common methodologies for implementing and measuring sustainable development in the macro- and the micro-spheres.

Author : Keith E. Maskus,Jerome H. Reichman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 1139444336

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International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology Under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime by Keith E. Maskus,Jerome H. Reichman Pdf

Distinguished economists, political scientists, and legal experts discuss the implications of the increasingly globalized protection of intellectual property rights for the ability of countries to provide their citizens with such important public goods as basic research, education, public health, and environmental protection. Such items increasingly depend on the exercise of private rights over technical inputs and information goods, which could usher in a brave new world of accelerating technological innovation. However, higher and more harmonized levels of international intellectual property rights could also throw up high roadblocks in the path of follow-on innovation, competition and the attainment of social objectives. It is at best unclear who represents the public interest in negotiating forums dominated by powerful knowledge cartels. This is the first book to assess the public processes and inputs that an emerging transnational system of innovation will need to promote technical progress, economic growth and welfare for all participants.

Author : Edward H. Clarke
Publisher : Cambridge, MA : Ballinger Publishing Company
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4373162

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Demand Revelation and the Provision of Public Goods by Edward H. Clarke Pdf

Author : Pierangelo Maria Toninelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521780810

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The Rise and Fall of State-Owned Enterprise in the Western World by Pierangelo Maria Toninelli Pdf

This book examines the twentieth-century rise and fall of state-owned enterprises in Western political economy.