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Public goods, redistribution and rent seeking

Tullock, Gordon - 2005

1. Some difficulties in the existing theory of externalities -- 2. Coase and all that -- 3. More on why government? -- 4. The poor -- 5. The legacy of Bismarck -- 6. Some biological problems -- 7. The rich -- 8. The survey of the existing system -- 9. Rent seeking -- 10. War -- 11. Monarchies...

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Current issues in public choice

Pardo, Jose Casas (ed.); Schneider, Friedrich (ed.) - 1996

In this major book an internationally acclaimed group of scholars examines theoretical and applied topics of particular relevance to public choice analysis. Current Issues in Public Choice demonstrates the fruitfulness and originality of the Public Choice School. These twelve papers have been...

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Economic theories of international environmental cooperation

Helm, Carsten - 2000

To deal effectively with transboundary environmental problems such as climate change, it is important to have an idea of the model for an 'efficient' and 'fair' policy. An understanding of the strategic interactions involved in the international decision-making process is also essential. Carsten...

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Handbook of research on entrepreneurship and conflict

Naudé, Wim (ed.); Power, Bernadette (ed.) - 2024

"This Handbook focuses on the complex relationship between entrepreneurship and conflict. Editors Wim Naudé and Bernadette Power construct a broad overview of central research themes in the field, covering states being captured by entrepreneurs, states capturing businesses, entrepreneurship in...

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Game theory and public policy

McCain, Roger A. - 2009

Game theory is useful in understanding collective human activity as the outcome of interactive decisions. In recent years it has become a more prominent aspect of research and applications in public policy disciplines such as economics, philosophy, management and political science, and in work...

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Computable economics

Velupillai, Kumaraswamy - 2011

Computable economics is a growing field of research which has been given much attention by scholars in recent decades. In this authoritative collection, the editors successfully bring together the seminal papers of computable economics from the last sixty years and encompass the works of some of...

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International handbook on the economics of corruption : Volume two

Rose-Ackerman, Susan (contributor); … - 2011

A companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in Volume Two present some of the best policy-oriented research in the field. They stress the institutional roots of corruption and include new research on topics...

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Business and government

Coen, David (contributor); Grant, Wyn (contributor) - 2016

, 891-903 -- Holly Brasher and David Lowery (2006), 'The Corporate Context of Lobbying Activity', Business and Politics, 8 … Counteractive Lobbying', American Journal of Political Science, 40 (2), May, 543-64 -- Marie Hojnacki and David C. Kimball (1998 …-90 -- John M. De Figueiredo (2002), 'Lobbying and Information in Politics', Business and Politics, 4 (2), 125-29 -- Andreas …

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Beyond conventional economics : the limits of rational behaviour in political decision making

Hamlin, Alan P. (contributor); Eusepi, Giuseppe (contributor) - 2006

Beyond Conventional Economics presents new original work from leading scholars on the interface between the individual and political and social institutions. The book offers a critique of the inadequacies of the conventional economic approach to politics and a state-of-the-art view of new...

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Political economy and public finance : the role of political economy in the theory and practice of public economics

Shibata, Hirofumi (contributor); … - International Institute of Public Finance <Linz, … - 2002

There is a long-standing difference amongst public economists between those who think that collective choice must be formally acknowledged, and those who derive their policy recommendations from a social planning framework in which politics plays no role. The purpose of this book is to...

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