Endogenous Public Policy and Contests

This book studies endogenous policy determination focusing on the role of interest groups and their lobbying efforts in the determination of public policy. Applying strategic contest theory as the basic methodology, it clarifies the fundamental parameters that determine the behavior of the governmen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Epstein, Gil S. (Autor), Nitzan, Shmuel (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Temas:
Finance, Public.
Public Economics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Basic Contest
  • The Policy Contest
  • Contest Rationalization ? Microfoundations
  • The Extended Contest: With Government
  • Endogenous Public Policy
  • Culture, Politicization and Relative Rent Dissipation
  • Lobbying and Compromise
  • The Policy Effect
  • Effort and Performance
  • Prizes (Size and Distribution) and Efforts
  • Asymmetry and Corrective Public Policy
  • The Extended Contest: Without Government
  • The Social Cost of Rent Seeking when Consumer Opposition Influences Monopoly Behavior
  • Strategic Restraint
  • Applications
  • Monopoly-price Determination
  • Privatization
  • Migration Policy
  • Minimum Wage
  • Tournaments.

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