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Principled agents? : the political economy of good government /
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 tha...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Lindahl lectures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. - ;What is good government? Why do some governments fail? How do you implement political accountability in practice? What incentive. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191533921 0191533920 9780199271504 019927150X 1280904682 9781280904684 9780191700279 0191700274 9786610904686 6610904685 1429491795 9781429491792 |