TY - BOOK N2 - "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. AB - "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. T1 - Principled agents? :the political economy of good government / DA - 2006. CY - Oxford ; CY - New York : AU - Besley, Timothy. CN - JF1351 CN - JF1351 PB - Oxford University Press, PP - Oxford ; PP - New York : PY - 2006. ID - 347628 KW - Public administration. KW - Government productivity. KW - Agent (Philosophy) KW - Motivation (Psychology) KW - Policy sciences. SN - 9780199283910 (pbk.) SN - 0199283915 (pbk.) SN - 9780199271504 SN - 019927150X TI - Principled agents? :the political economy of good government / LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0628/2006298561-t.html LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/2006298561-d.html LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/2006298561-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0628/2006298561-t.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/2006298561-d.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/2006298561-b.html ER -