This authoritative collection assesses the scope and limitations of public choice theory for informing the choices of policy-makers. Theoretical contributions are combined with case studies of specific areas of economic policy, including the growth of budget deficits under Reagan and Thatcher; European economic integration; macroeconomic management; science and technology and housing policy.
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Höhe: 216 mm
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978-0-333-71161-3 (9780333711613)
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K. ALEC CHRYSTAL is Professor of Monetary Economics at the City University Business School. Previously he was Professor of Economics at Sheffield University. He is author of several books, including Principles of Economics and Economics for Business and Management (both with R. G. Lipsey).
RUPERT PENNANT-REA was editor of The Economist from 1986 to 1993 and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 1995. He is now in business.
Preface: BA Section F; T.M.Rybczynski The History of Section F; D.A.Reisman Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Public Choice Analysis of Economic Policy; K.A.Chrystal Public Choice and Public Policy; R.Pennant-Rea Budget Deficits and the Size of Government in the UK and US: A Public Choice Perspective on the Thatcher and Reagan Years; C.Rowley Public Choice: Outrageous Theory and Enraging Tests; J.Cullis & P.Jones Politics and Macroeconomic Policy; S.Price Public Policy and Public Choice; P.Jackson & D.Garrett Some Elements of a European Federal Union: a Public Choice Approach; F.Schneider Housing Policy and Public Choice; M.Ricketts Science Policy and Technology Policy in a Competitive Economy; S.Metcalfe Index
