Public Choice Theory
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The Political Economy of Democratic Institutions
Peter Moser
Majority rules are generally unstable and not binding for future voters, and so are insufficient for the required security of a market economy. In this challenging book, Peter Moser argues that stability can be achieved by democratic po... -
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Limiting Leviathan
Edited by Donald P. Racheter, Richard E. Wagner
The enormous growth of the State occurring over much of this century has led the authors of this book to re-examine the proper relationship between the American people and their government. -
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public choice and environmental regulation
Gert T. Svendsen
Gert Tinggaard Svendsen offers a detailed and comprehensive study of two alternative methods for controlling CO2 emissions – tradable permits and taxation – using examples of varying success from the United States and Europe. -
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Not Just for the Money
Bruno S. Frey
In Not Just for the Money Professor Frey challenges traditional economic theory and argues that people do not act in expectation of monetary gain alone, nor do they work solely because they are paid. Furthermore, the author claims that h... -
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on voting
Gordon Tullock
On Voting expands present thinking in the Public Choice school and provides a forum for creating new paradigms in the school as well as changing the focus and scope of current studies. It encourages new research by suggesting areas where... -
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Beyond Neoclassical Economics
Edited by Fred E. Foldvary
Beyond Neoclassical Economics is a remarkable introduction to the main heterodox schools of economic thought which examines their main concepts and their critiques of mainstream theory. -
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BUREAUCRACY AND PUBLIC ECONOMICS
William A. Niskanen
Bureaucracy and Public Economics brings together in one volume the classic book and related articles which put forward the first formal economic theory of the behaviour of bureaucracies. William Niskanen Jr. has consistently argued th... -
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TRADE PROTECTION IN THE UNITED STATES
Charles K. Rowley, Willem Thorbecke, Richard E. Wagner
Trade Protection in the United States analyzes the history of US trade policy to explain why interest groups are able to foster protectionist policies despite the advantages which free trade offers consumers. The authors also explain why... -
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PUBLIC GOODS AND PRIVATE COMMUNITIES
Fred E. Foldvary
Rejecting the market-failure hypothesis, Dr Foldvary argues that an entrepreneur can provide collective goods by consensual community agreements. Instead of focusing particular services, as previous studies have done, this book concerns... -
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the public choice approach to politics
Dennis C. Mueller
The Public Choice Approach to Politics presents some of Dennis Mueller''s most important contributions to public choice and public economics.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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THE RIGHT TO JUSTICE
Charles K. Rowley
The Right to Justice reviews the history of legal services in the US from its origins in the 1890s to the multi-million dollar Federal program of the late 20th century. But this is no ordinary text. Charles Rowley skilfully shows how g... -
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RATIONAL CHOICE AND POLITICAL POWER
Keith M. Dowding
This illuminating title applies rational choice theory to the power debate, demonstrating the fallacious arguments of all sides. Power is analysed as a bargaining game where the power of actors is assessed in terms of the resources to w...
