Politicians, Legislation, and the Economy
An Inquiry into the Interest-Group Theory of Government
Published on 31. May 1981
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Hardback
VIII, 124 pages
978-0-89838-058-3 (ISBN)
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Edition
1981 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
VIII, 124 p.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
367 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89838-058-3 (9780898380583)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-009-8153-9
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R.E. McCormick | Robert D. Tollison
Politicians, Legislation, and the Economy
An Inquiry into the Interest-Group Theory of Government
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Springer
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Content
1 Analyzing Government.- Two Approaches to Analyzing Government.- The Interest-Group Theory of Government.- Plan of the Study.- Notes.- 2 Questions to be Answered.- Wealth Transfers and Organization Costs.- The "Market" for Wealth Transfers.- What This Analysis Is Not About.- What This Analysis Is About.- Summary.- Appendix: Heterogeneity Begets Wealth Redistribution.- Notes.- 3 The Demand and Supply of Wealth Transfers.- Maximizing the Returns from Legislation in a Bicameral.- Vote Market.- Empirical Evidence from State Legislatures.- Summary.- Notes.- 4 Legislatures as Wage Cartels.- Theory and Preliminary Implications.- A Test of Relative Wage Implications.- Wage Pay and Malfeasance.- Summary.- Notes.- 5 The Outside Earnings of Politicians.- The Market for Legislators.- Empirical Evidence from State Legislatures.- Low Wage Pay as an Entry Barrier in Politics.- Summary.- Notes.- 6 The Supply of Majority Leadership.- Competition for Majority Leadership.- Empirical Evidence from State Legislatures.- Summary.- Notes.- 7 The Determinants of Executive Branch Compensation.- Gubernatorial Compensation.- The Question of Malfeasance.- Summary.- Notes.- 8 Summary, Conclusions, and Future Directions.- Notes.- Name Index.