Principled agents? : the political economy of good government / Timothy Besley.
2006
JF1351 .B48 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Principled agents? : the political economy of good government / Timothy Besley.
Author
Besley, Timothy.
ISBN
9780199283910 (pbk.)
0199283915 (pbk.)
9780199271504
019927150X
0199283915 (pbk.)
9780199271504
019927150X
Publication Details
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
JF1351 .B48 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
352.3
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Lindahl lectures.
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