Readings In Public Choice And Constitutional Political Economy

Author : Charles Rowley,Friedrich Schneider
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780387758701

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Readings in Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy by Charles Rowley,Friedrich Schneider Pdf

Public choice is the study of behavior at the intersection of economics and political science. Since the pioneering work of Duncan Black in the 1940s, public choice has developed a rich literature, drawing from such related perspectives as history, philosophy, law, and sociology, to analyze political decision making (by citizen-voters, elected officials, bureaucratic administrators, lobbyists, and other "rational" actors) in social and economic context, with an emphasis on identifying differences between individual goals and collective outcomes. Constitutional political economy provides important insights into the relationship between effective constitutions and the behavior of ordinary political markets. In Readings in Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy, Charles Rowley and Friedrich Schneider have assembled an international array of leading authors to present a comprehensive and accessible overview of the field and its applications. Covering a wide array of topics, including regulation and antitrust, taxation, trade liberalization, political corruption, interest group behavior, dictatorship, and environmental issues, and featuring biographies of the founding fathers of the field, this volume will be essential reading for scholars and students, policymakers, economists, sociologists, and non-specialist readers interested in the dynamics of political economy.

Author : Charles Kershaw Rowley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Constitutional law
ISBN : OCLC:468841547

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Constitutional Political Economy in a Public Choice Perspective by Charles Kershaw Rowley Pdf

Author : Randall G. Holcombe
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781785362057

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Advanced Introduction to Public Choice by Randall G. Holcombe Pdf

Using public choice economic methods, this Advanced Introduction presents a focused narrative about political decision-making based on the work that has defined the discipline. Each chapter ends with a Notes section to discuss the research on which the chapter is based, with an emphasis on the pioneering work that has shaped the development of public choice. Randall G. Holcombe emphasizes the theoretical foundations of public choice, with the idea that it offers a context within which empirical research can be understood. This book successfully explores the political decision-making process for readers and ensures that they understand how preferences of citizens are aggregated to produce public policies.

Author : David B. Johnson
Publisher : WCB/McGraw-Hill
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015019843112

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Public Choice by David B. Johnson Pdf

"Bristlecone books." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author : Roger D. Congleton,Bernard N. Grofman,Stefan Voigt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190469795

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The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice by Roger D. Congleton,Bernard N. Grofman,Stefan Voigt Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice provides a comprehensive overview of the research in economics, political science, law, and sociology that has generated considerable insight into the politics of democratic and authoritarian systems as well as the influence of different institutional frameworks on incentives and outcomes. The result is an improved understanding of public policy, public finance, industrial organization, and macroeconomics as the combination of political and economic analysis shed light on how various interests compete both within a given rules of the games and, at times, to change the rules. These volumes include analytical surveys, syntheses, and general overviews of the many subfields of public choice focusing on interesting, important, and at times contentious issues. Throughout the focus is on enhancing understanding how political and economic systems act and interact, and how they might be improved. Both volumes combine methodological analysis with substantive overviews of key topics. This second volume examines constitutional political economy and also various applications, including public policy, international relations, and the study of history, as well as methodological and measurement issues. Throughout both volumes important analytical concepts and tools are discussed, including their application to substantive topics. Readers will gain increased understanding of rational choice and its implications for collective action; various explanations of voting, including economic and expressive; the role of taxation and finance in government dynamics; how trust and persuasion influence political outcomes; and how revolution, coups, and authoritarianism can be explained by the same set of analytical tools as enhance understanding of the various forms of democracy.

Author : James D. Gwartney,Richard E. Wagner
Publisher : JAI Press(NY)
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038389032

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Public Choice and Constitutional Economics by James D. Gwartney,Richard E. Wagner Pdf

Five of the papers were originally developed at a symposium on government, the economy, and the constitution sponsored by the Policy Sciences Program of Florida State University in March 1986 and subsequently published in the Cato journal, fall 1987. Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Author : Donald J. Boudreaux,Christopher J. Coyne,Bobbi Herzberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786609823

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Interdisciplinary Studies of the Political Order by Donald J. Boudreaux,Christopher J. Coyne,Bobbi Herzberg Pdf

The political process focuses on the ways that people come together to engage in collective decision making in a variety of contexts. The central elements of the political process include: the formation of rules, the subsequent interactions that take place within those rules, and the evolution of rules over time. Scholars working in the area of Virginia political economy—e.g., James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock—emphasize the importance of applying the tools of economics to non-market settings, including politics. Scholars in this tradition focus on both politics and economics to understand the formation of political rules—constitutional political economy—as well as the subsequent play within those rules—public choice. Scholars in the Bloomington School—most notably, Elinor and Vincent Ostrom—have emphasized three important aspects of the political process and political order. The first is the distinction between “rules in form” and “rules in use.” The rules in form refer to codified rules while the rules in use refer to the rules that people actually follow in their daily lives. Together, these dynamics generate the political order. The chapters in this volume explore and engage the key thinkers and ideas of the Virginia and Bloomington schools of political economy. The diversity in topics and approaches will make the volume of interest to readers in a variety of fields, including economics, entrepreneurship, history, political science, and public policy.

Author : Dennis C. Mueller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139441773

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Public Choice III by Dennis C. Mueller Pdf

This book represents a considerable revision and expansion of Public Choice II (1989). Six new chapters have been added, and several chapters from the previous edition have been extensively revised. The discussion of empirical work in public choice has been greatly expanded. As in the previous editions, all of the major topics of public choice are covered. These include: why the state exists, voting rules, federalism, the theory of clubs, two-party and multiparty electoral systems, rent seeking, bureaucracy, interest groups, dictatorship, the size of government, voter participation, and political business cycles. Normative issues in public choice are also examined including a normative analysis of the simple majority rule, Bergson–Samuelson social welfare functions, the Arrow and Sen impossibility theorems, Rawls's social contract theory and the constitutional political economy of Buchanan and Tullock.

Author : Dennis C. Mueller
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1781959455

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The Public Choice Approach to Politics by Dennis C. Mueller Pdf

'Dennis Mueller has played a significant part in the development of public choice, and this volume pays a fitting tribute to that contribution.' - Alan Hamlin, The Economic Journal The Public Choice Approach to Politics presents some of Dennis Mueller's most important contributions to public choice and public economics.

Author : Jac C. Heckelman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114168284

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Readings in Public Choice Economics by Jac C. Heckelman Pdf

"The anthology contains readings that explore the areas of rent seeking, collective action, bureaucracy, elections and the economy, choosing decision rules, majority rule, alternative voting procedures, and the calculus of voting. Each part contains a brief introduction to the general theme, and questions are presented as a guide to each reading. Additional suggested readings are provided to develop these concepts further."--Jacket.

Author : Charles Rowley,Friedrich Schneider,Robert D. Tollison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789401734028

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The Next Twenty-five Years of Public Choice by Charles Rowley,Friedrich Schneider,Robert D. Tollison Pdf

The Next 25 Years of Public Choice brings together the perspectives of many of the world's leading scholars of public choice on the present state of knowledge and the likely future course of scholarship on public choice and constitutional economy. This book presents material in a manner accessible to a wide educated readership and will be influential in guiding future research in this important field. It is directed at professional scholars of public choice, economics and political science, government officials, graduate students and anyone seriously interested in public policy. A distinguished group of internationally well-known scholars offer their own often far-reaching views on strengths and weaknesses in the current literature and pinpoint important avenues of research amenable to future research.

Author : Ram Mudambi,Pietro Navarra,Giuseppe Sobbrio
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521659590

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Rules and Reason by Ram Mudambi,Pietro Navarra,Giuseppe Sobbrio Pdf

This volume explores shifting conceptions of constitutional political economy and suggests possible future strategies for change.

Author : Keith Dougherty,Julian Edward
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780387981710

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The Calculus of Consent and Constitutional Design by Keith Dougherty,Julian Edward Pdf

Buchanan and Tullock’s seminal work, The Calculus of Consent, linked economic methodology to substantive questions in political science. Among the major contributions of their book is a connection between constitutional decision making and contractarianism, a philosophical tradition that proponents believe can give institutions legitimacy. In other words, a major contribution of their book is a clear connection between empirical decision making and normative principles. The current book formalizes and extends their foundational ideas as it attempts to show how economic and philosophical arguments about the "best" voting rules can be used to improve constitutional design. It informs debates about constitutional political economy in comparative politics, democratic theory, and public choice. Political scientists often ask questions about what causes a nation to seek a new constitution, how constitutions are made, and what factors allow for corrupt decision making. The Calculus of Consent and Constitutional Design bridges the gap between normative questions about which institutions are most efficient and fair and empirical questions about how constitutions are formed. This provides a benchmark to help create better constitutions and informs empirical research about what institutions are most likely to succeed. The book begins by showing how contractarian ideals can be used to justify choices about decision-making. It then carefully defines several concepts employed by Buchanan and Tullock and shows why the relationships between these concepts may not be as closely linked as Buchanan and Tullock first thought. This provides a backdrop for analyzing the three phases of constitutional decision-making: 1) the constitutional phase, where rules for constitutional decision making must be justified; 2) the legislative phase, where the optimal k-majority rule is analyzed; and 3) the electoral phase, where the optimal voting rule for large electorates and open alternatives are determined. These phases differ by context and sources of legitimacy. Computational models and analytic techniques are introduced in each of these chapters. Finally, the book concludes with statements about the significance of the research for the creation of constitutions more broadly.

Author : Dennis C. Mueller,Professor of Economics Dennis C Mueller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521556546

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Perspectives on Public Choice by Dennis C. Mueller,Professor of Economics Dennis C Mueller Pdf

This five-part volume surveys the main ideas and contributions to the field of public choice.

Author : Jos‰ Casas Pardo,Pedro Schwartz
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1847205283

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Public Choice and the Challenges of Democracy by Jos‰ Casas Pardo,Pedro Schwartz Pdf

This timely and important volume addresses the serious challenges faced by democracy in contemporary society. With contributions from some of the world's most prestigious scholars of public choice and political science, this comprehensive collection p