Public sector economics and the need for reforms / Apostolis Philippopoulos, edition.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Philippopoulos, Apostolis, editor.

Series:

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic policy.

Public administration--Decision making.

Public administration.

Finance, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Theoretically and empirically informed studies on the role and efficiency of the public sector, public wage and employment policy, privatization, tax policy, and fiscal sustainability.

Contents:

I Reforming Public Service Provision: What Have We Learned? / Peter Birch Sørensen Sørensen, Peter Birch 15

1 Public Wage and Employment Policy

2 Reforming the Public Sector's Wage Policy / Pedro Gomes Gomes, Pedro 113

3 Incentives to Work and Performance in the Public Sector / George Economides Economides, George, Apostolis Philippopoulos Philippopoulos, Apostolis, Petros Varthalitis Varthalitis, Petros 157

II The Role of International Institutions

4 World Bank Policy Lending for Public Sector Reform / Lodewijk Smets Smets, Lodewijk 191

5 External Constraints Matter for Privatization / Haria Petrarca Petrarca, Haria, Roberto Ricciuti Ricciuti, Roberto 213

III Issues in Public Policy and Public Finance

6 Optimal Progressive Taxation in a Model with Endogenous Skill Supply / Konstantinos Angelopoulos Angelopoulos, Konstantinos, Stylianos Asimakopoulos Asimakopoulos, Stylianos, James Malley Malley, James 257

7 Measuring Public Sector Performance: A Four Quadrants Model to Monitor Local Governments' Efficiency / Francesco Porcelli Porcelli, Francesco, Francesco Vidoli Vidoli, Francesco, Roberto Dispotico Dispotico, Roberto, Danilo Ballanti Ballanti, Danilo 293

8 Fiscal Policy Sustainability in the Euro Periphery: A Nonlinear Analysis / Roberto A. De Santis Santis, Roberto A. De, Gabriella Legrenzi Legrenzi, Gabriella, Costas Milas Milas, Costas 337.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262332361

0262332361

9780262332354

0262332353

OCLC:

954270399

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