This study aims at investigating and measuring the relative efficiency of public hospitals performance in Jordan, during the period (2006-2008), using DEA and Pabon-Lasso Diagram. The results indicate that the average efficiency of those hospitals is varied and ranges between (73%) to (100%)....

Whether democracy or capitalism should have normative priority depends on the philosophi- cal point of view but also how both are defined. The more rele vant perspective is, however, the positive one. Formally, politics dominate, bu t the economy often dominates de facto be- cause political...

The globalization involves not only the exchange of physical goods but also and especially of information and relationships between people. The globalization is the intensification of worldwide social relations. In the globalization era there are cultural mechanisms of integration, a growing...

We examine the two-candidate equilibria of the citizen-candidate model when the implemented policy arises from a compromise between the government and an unelected external power. We show that the equilibria of this model differ significantly from the original: the distance between the...

Este capítulo comienza por describir la situación actual de las finanzas públicas en México, para luego discutir en la sección subsecuente sus perspectivas en un futuro próximo, de seguir el régimen tributario y los patrones de gasto público que prevalecen actualmente. El resto del...

Este trabajo comienza por describir la situación actual de las finanzas públicas en México, para luego discutir en la sección subsecuente sus perspectivas en un futuro próximo, de seguir el régimen tributario y los patrones de gasto público que prevalecen actualmente. El resto del trabajo...

Este reporte fue escrito para la revista Análisis Político de la Fundación Friedrich Ebert. El reporte observa que para poder gastar bien hay que recaudar bien. Más aún, tanto o más que en el caso del gasto social, la carga tributaria debe ser progresiva. Por otro lado, entre menos...

Este artículo presenta un modelo de competencia política para analizar el efecto que tiene la distancia ideológica que hay entre dos partidos políticos que compiten por el apoyo de los ciudadanos sobre la provisión de bienes públicos. El principal resultado argumenta que la distancia...

In the early 1990s, several US states enacted community rating regulations to equalize the private health insurance premiums paid by the healthy and the sick. Consistent with severe adverse selection pressures, their private coverage rates fell by 8-11 percentage points more than rates in...

One of the most cherished propositions in economics is that market competition by and large raises consumer welfare. But whether political competition has similarly virtuous consequences is far less discussed. This paper formulates a model to explain why political competition may enhance...