Endogenous Public Policy and Contests

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-540-72242-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 221 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1130 g

This book focuses on the role of interest groups and their lobbying efforts in public policy. It applies strategic contest theory as the basic methodology and clarifies the fundamental parameters that determine the behavior of the government and the interest groups. It illustrates the proposed approach in five specific cases: determination of monopoly price, privatization policy, migration quotas, minimum wage and promotion in tournaments.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Epstein, Gil S.

Nitzan, Shmuel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGOs)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.