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Competition in the provision of local public goods : single function jurisdictions and individual choice

Reifschneider, Alexandra Petermann - 2006

The central purpose of this book is to analyse the optimal allocation of local public goods or services (for example … garbage collection, police, fire brigades and medical services) in large urban agglomerations and the allocation consequences … jurisdictions and the impact this probable increase in competition may have on the achievement of the optimal allocation of local …

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Path dependence and lock-in

Liebowitz, Stan J. - 2014

Since their first emergence in the work of Paul David thirty years ago, the dual issues of Path Dependence and Lock-In have become critically important subjects in the fields of economics, sociology, and business strategy. Theoretical and public policy debates on these issues have arisen,...

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Beyond conventional economics : the limits of rational behaviour in political decision making

Hamlin, Alan P. (contributor); Eusepi, Giuseppe (contributor) - 2006

Beyond Conventional Economics presents new original work from leading scholars on the interface between the individual and political and social institutions. The book offers a critique of the inadequacies of the conventional economic approach to politics and a state-of-the-art view of new...

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Political economy and public finance : the role of political economy in the theory and practice of public economics

Shibata, Hirofumi (contributor); … - International Institute of Public Finance <Linz, … - 2002

There is a long-standing difference amongst public economists between those who think that collective choice must be formally acknowledged, and those who derive their policy recommendations from a social planning framework in which politics plays no role. The purpose of this book is to...

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Economic valuation with stated preference techniques : a manual

Bateman, Ian (contributor) - 2002

This manual offers a detailed, up-to-date explanation of how to carry out economic valuation using stated preference techniques. It is relevant for the application of these techniques to all non-market goods and services including air and water quality; provision of public open space; health care...

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The choice modelling approach to environmental valuation

Bennett, Jeff (ed.); Blamey, Russell (ed.) - 2001

Choice Modelling is a technique that has recently emerged as a means of estimating the demand for environmental goods and the benefits and costs associated with them. The aims of the book are fourfold: * to introduce the technique in the environmental context * to demonstrate its use in a range...

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Advances in evolutionary institutional economics : evolutionary mechanisms, non-knowledge and strategy

Hanappi, Gerhard (ed.); Elsner, Wolfram (ed.) - 2008

Some famous pioneers together with the most promising new practitioners in the field show within this book how they define their subject. This is an authoritative survey of important branches of evolutionary economics, containing innovative new perspectives on market dynamics and evolutionary...

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Handbook of choice modelling

Hess, Stephane (ed.); Daly, Andrew (ed.) - 2024 - Second edition

"This thoroughly revised second edition Handbook provides an authoritative and in-depth overview of choice modelling, a key technique used across disciplines as diverse as transport, marketing, health and environmental economics. Composed of contributions from influential senior researchers,...

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Politics as a peculiar business : insights from a theory of entangled political economy

Wagner, Richard E. - 2016

1. Public choice and the Virginia tradition of political economy -- 2. Alternative paths for a theory of political economy -- 3. Systems theory and parts-to-whole relationships -- 4. The logic of economizing action : universal form and particular practice -- 5. Reason, sentiment, and electoral...

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Public choice and the challenges of democracy

Casas Pardo, José (contributor); … - 2007

This timely and important volume addresses the serious challenges faced by democracy in contemporary society. With contributions from some of the world's most prestigious scholars of public choice and political science, this comprehensive collection presents a complete overview of the threats...

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