Welfare economics, scope and performance of government, externalities, public goods, cost-benefit analysis, subsidies economize on spending without losing effectiveness by modifying the conceptual framework guiding state expenditures. The familiar framework says that state intervention is...

This paper investigates the relation between corporate political connections and government investment. We study various forms of political influence, ranging from passive connections between firms and politicians, such as those based on politicians' voting districts, to active forms, such as...

This Brief proposes a new theory of public economics which deemphasizes reliance on the free market and affirms the importance of public goods and services within the context of the democratic process and constitutional governance. Public non-market production makes up from a quarter to more...

Im Rahmen der aktuellen Modernisierungsprozesse des öffentlichen Sektors wird zu selten nach den eigentlichen Wirkungen staatlichen Handelns gefragt, wodurch permanent die Gefahr besteht, die falschen – da unwirksamen – öffentlichen Maßnahmen zu realisieren. Vor diesem Hintergrund...