Paternalism is an attempt to influence individuals’ decisions for their own benefit, even if there are no third parties involved. This seems to contradict normative individualism, which provides the general orientation to our modern democracies. Soft or libertarian paternalism accepts the...

Essays -- Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy -- Public Choice: An Introduction -- Are Vote and Popularity Functions Economically Correct? -- Constitutional Political Economy -- Corruption -- Dictatorship -- Environmental Politics -- Experimental Public Choice -- Gordon Tullock at...

In this major book an internationally acclaimed group of scholars examines theoretical and applied topics of particular relevance to public choice analysis. Current Issues in Public Choice demonstrates the fruitfulness and originality of the Public Choice School. These twelve papers have been...

Es behandelt sowohl den traditionellen Stoff der Allgemeinen Wirtschaftspolitik als auch neuere Ansätze der quantitativen Wirtschaftspolitik und der Ökonomischen Theorie der Politik. Dabei wird besonderer Wert darauf gelegt, die theoretischen Grundlagen der verschiedenen wirtschaftspolitischen...