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The Elgar companion to public choice / edited by William F. Shughart II and Laura Razzolini.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social choice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (832 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This reference work provides a thorough account of the public choice approach to economics and politics. It conatins discussions of both old and contemporary problems, including work by the ""founding fathers"" of the field as well as by younger scholars. It also reviews the literature of public choice, highlighting the common ground between all rational choice approaches to politics and demonstrating the impact of the theory on economics, political science, philosophy and sociology. The work draws together the ideas, analytical methods and empirical research in the field of public choice.
- Contents:
- pt.1. Methodology
- pt. 2. The constitutional framework
- pt. 3. Institutions and mechanisms of collective choice
- pt. 4. Public choice perspectives on government and the economy
- pt. 5. The public choice revolution.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-22114-4
- 9786613221148
- 1-84376-301-X
- OCLC:
- 50745582
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