Political Economy and Public Finance

Contents:

Preface
1. Political Economy and Public Finance: A Brief Introduction
Stanley L. Winer and Hirofumi Shibata

PART I: 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

PART II: 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
Comments and a Rejoinder

PART III: 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
Comments

PART IV: 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 Kirchgaessner

10. Experimental Investigation of Collective Action
Frans van Winden

PART V: A PRACTITIONER'S VIEW OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF REDISTRIBUTION
11. Equity Policy and Political Feasibility in the European Union
Anibal Cavaco Silva

PART VI: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
12. Directions for Future Research
Eugene Smolensky

13. Where Do We Go from Here?
Heinrich W. Ursprung
Comments

Index

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• Economia política
• Finanças públicas