Principled agents? : the political economy of good government / Timothy Besley.
"Mainstream policy economics now pays more attention to the delivery of policy outcomes and how incentives and institutional change shape the effectiveness of government. But should these issues be studied against a background of purely self-interested public servants? There is plenty of eviden...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Lindahl lectures.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online Table of contents Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "Mainstream policy economics now pays more attention to the delivery of policy outcomes and how incentives and institutional change shape the effectiveness of government. But should these issues be studied against a background of purely self-interested public servants? There is plenty of evidence that many citizens are publicly spirited. Can their motivation be harnessed in the public interest? These lectures review how economic thought on these issues has evolved." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/2006298561-d.html. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191533920 0191700274 1280904682 9780191533921 9780191700279 9781280904684 |