Endogenous Public Policy and Contests
Endogenous Public Policy and Contests

Author: Gil S. Epstein

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-09-05

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 3540748180

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This book focuses on the role of interest groups and their lobbying efforts in public policy. It applies strategic contest theory as the basic methodology and clarifies the fundamental parameters that determine the behavior of the government and the interest groups. It illustrates the proposed approach in five specific cases: determination of monopoly price, privatization policy, migration quotas, minimum wage and promotion in tournaments.

Companion to the Political Economy of Rent Seeking
Companion to the Political Economy of Rent Seeking

Author: R. D. Congleton

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2015-02-27

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 1782544941

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The quest for benefit from existing wealth or by seeking privileged benefit through influence over policy is known as rent seeking. Much rent seeking activity involves government and political decisions and is therefore in the domain of political econo

Contests
Contests

Author: Carmen Beviá

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2024-05-31

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1009504428

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A new way to understand economic problems that complement the traditional views and expand subjects that social scientists should consider.

Political Economy Research Focus
Political Economy Research Focus

Author: Walter R. Levin

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9781604561548

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Contemporarily, political economy refers to different, but related, approaches to studying economic and political behaviours, ranging from the combining of economics with other fields, to the using of different, fundamental assumptions that challenge orthodox economic assumptions. Political economy most commonly refers to interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science in explaining how political institutions, the political environment, and the economic system -- capitalist, socialist, mixed -- influence each other. When narrowly construed, it refers to applied topics in economics implicating public policy, such as monopoly, market protection, government fiscal policy, and rent seeking. This book presents the newest research in the field.

The Elgar Companion to Public Choice
The Elgar Companion to Public Choice

Author: Michael Reksulak

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 625

ISBN-13: 1849806039

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'This is a comprehensive set of essays on myriad facets of public choice by many of the leading contributors in the field. The coverage is excellent and the essays are terrific. I highly recommend this book for researchers and students.' – Todd Sandler, University of Texas at Dallas, US The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition brings together leading scholars in the field of political economy to introduce readers to the latest research in public choice. The Companion lays out a comprehensive history of the field and, in five additional parts, it explores public choice contributions to the study of the origins of the state, the organization of political activity, the analysis of decision-making in non-market institutions, the examination of tribal governance, and to modeling and predicting the behavior of international organizations and transnational terrorism. With broad and up-to-date coverage, this second edition will appeal to politicians and policymakers, academics and researchers in public and social choice and political science as well as graduate students in economics, political science and public administration.

Migration and Culture
Migration and Culture

Author: Gil Epstein

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2010-12-16

Total Pages: 758

ISBN-13: 0857241532

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Culture plays a central role in our understanding of migration as an economic phenomenon. This title emphasises on the distinctions in culture between migrants, the families they left behind, and the local population in the migration destination.

Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid
Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid

Author: Byron Lew

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2015-10-30

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 1783474599

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It would be fair to say that foreign aid today is one of the most important factors in international relations and in the national economy of many countries – as well as one of the most researched fields in economics. Although much has been written on the subject of foreign aid, this book contributes by taking stock of knowledge in the field, with chapters summarizing long-standing debates as well as the latest advances. Several contributions provide new analytical insights or empirical evidence on different aspects of aid, including how aid may be linked to trade and the motives for aid giving. As a whole, the book demonstrates how researchers have dealt with increasingly complex issues over time – both theoretical and empirical – on the allocation, impact, and efficacy of aid, with aid policies placed at the center of the discussion. In addition to students, academics, researchers, and policymakers involved in development economics and foreign aid, this Handbook will appeal to all those interested in development issues and international policies.

Handbook of Social Capital
Handbook of Social Capital

Author: Gert Tinggaard Svendsen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 479

ISBN-13: 1848447485

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Given the current global economic crisis that has its root causes in the psychology of the marketplace every bit as much as any other factor, the Handbook of Social Capital is timely, insightful, informed, informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking reading. . . A compilation of impressive and extensive scholarship, the Handbook of Social Capital is strongly recommended for academic and professional library reference collections. Library Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review The Handbook of Social Capital offers an important contribution to the study of bonding and bridging social capital networks, balancing the troika of sociology, political science and economics. Eminent contributors, including Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom, explore the different scientific approaches required if international research is to embrace both the bright and the more shadowy aspects of social capital. The Handbook stresses the importance of trust for economies all over the world and contains a strong advocacy for cross-disciplinary work within the social sciences. Social capital is becoming one of the most important and hotly discussed topics of today. This inter-disciplinary Handbook intends to serve as a bridge for students and scholars across the social sciences.

Development Aid
Development Aid

Author: George Mavrotas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-01-15

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0230595162

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This book addresses several gaps in knowledge of aid allocation and effectiveness and provides new analytical insights. Topics covered include the interface between aid allocation and perceptions of aid effectiveness, the year-on-year volatility of aid and evaluation of the country-level impacts of aid.

Ethnicity and Labor Market Outcomes
Ethnicity and Labor Market Outcomes

Author: Amelie F. Constant

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2009-11-02

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1849506345

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How immigrants and their descendents fare in the host society and in particular in the labor market is a very important question. This work helps to understand the complex relationship between ethnic or minority groups, the role of ethnic identity and their disparate economic performance.