Political Competition and the Study of Public Economics Winer Stanley L.
Political Competition and the Study of Public Economics Winer Stanley L. Why is an understanding of political competition essential for the study of public economics and public policy generally? What…
Specifikacia Political Competition and the Study of Public Economics Winer Stanley L.
Political Competition and the Study of Public Economics Winer Stanley L.
Why is an understanding of political competition essential for the study of public economics and public policy generally? What are the implications of the fact that policy proposals in a democracy must always pass a political test? How can political competition be described and understood, and how does it differ from its strictly economic counterpart?
Why are tax structures in democratic polities so complicated, and what implications follow from this for normative views about good policy choice? What are the strengths and weaknesses of electoral competition as a mechanism for the allocation of economic resources? How can the intensity of political competition be measured, why and how does it vary in mature democracies, and what are the consequences?
This Element considers how answers to these questions can be approached, while also illustrating some of the interesting theoretical and