Political Economy of Public Administration Institutional Choice in the Public Sector

Name: Political Economy of Public Administration Institutional Choice in the Public Sector
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ISBN: 9780521484367

ISBN-10: 0521484367

ISBN-13: 9780521484367

Edition: 1995

Authors: Murray J. Horn, Randall Calvert, Thrainn Eggertsson

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This book applies the basic ideas and models of economics to develop a single transactions framework to explain the key institutional arrangements across the whole range of public sector organization: the regulatory commission, the executive tax-financed bureau, and the state-owned enterprise. This book also explores the link between agency form and administrative function, agency independence from the legislature, the rights extended to private interests to influence administrative decision making, the role of civil service arrangements that are so often seen as simply frustrating efficiency and responsiveness, and the boundary between public and private sectors. This book should be of…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/24/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




Introduction



Basic theory and method: a transactions cost approach



Regulatory institutions



Bureaus and the budget



Bureaus and the Civil Service



Public versus private enterprise



Public enterprise versus Public Bureau



Conclusion


Appendices


Bibliography