The Political Economy of Public Administration: Institutional Choice in the Public SectorThis book applies the basic ideas and models of economics to develope a single transactions framework to explain the key institutional arrangements across the whole range of public sector organization. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Basic theory and method A transactions cost approach | 7 |
Regulatory institutions | 40 |
Bureaus and the budget | 79 |
Bureaus and the civil service | 95 |
Public versus private enterprise | 134 |
Public enterprise versus public bureau | 170 |
Conclusion | 182 |
Appendixes | 195 |
Notes | 213 |
Bibliography | 241 |
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