Book Review: Institutions and Reform in Africa: The Public Choice Perspective

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 99-101
Author(s):  
E. Ike Udogu
Keyword(s):  
Public Choice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Choice Perspective

Voting at the U.S. Constitutional Convention

2019 ◽  
pp. 780-796
Author(s):  
Keith L. Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
Public Choice ◽  
Constitutional Convention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Choice Perspective ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

This chapter describes how the public-choice perspective has provided new insights into the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. It reviews articles on the impact of the rules of the Convention, attempts to infer delegate votes, and reviews how public choice has helped us understand the adoption of various clauses in the Constitution and studies of the Beard thesis.

Federalism

2019 ◽  
pp. 71-93
Author(s):  
Jaroslaw Kantorowicz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Public Choice ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Explanatory Variable ◽  
Complex Form ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State ◽  
Public Choice Perspective

Federalism is a governance structure that enables the aggregation of mass areas under one government. Federalism is a more complex form of governance than a unitary system. Under a federal structure of government, the activities are constitutionally divided (or shared) between constituent governments and a central government, implying a permanent coexistence and bargaining between participating governments and the center or among participating governments themselves. This chapter delineates the current state of knowledge regarding federalism and its twin concept of decentralization from the public-choice perspective. First, the chapter looks at federalism as an explanatory variable by examining how it shapes various outcomes ranging from economic growth to incidence of terrorism. Second, it deals with endogenous federalism and thus factors that explain how it emerges, survives, and changes. In the last part, the chapter summarizes several potential avenues for future research on federalism.

Public Choice, Public Administration, and Self-Governance

2019 ◽  
pp. 101-121
Author(s):  
Paul Dragos Aligica ◽  
Peter J. Boettke ◽  
Vlad Tarko
Keyword(s):  
Public Choice ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Reference Point ◽  
Process Theory ◽  
Paradigm Change ◽  
Knowledge Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Initial Effect ◽  
Public Choice Perspective

Chapter 5 illuminates the specific nature of the synthesis attempted by the Ostroms’ and their associates and discusses the successes as well as the failures of their endeavors. Their effort to promote the public choice perspective in public administration, and the public administration perspective in public choice and to advance on that basis a paradigm change (from “bureaucratic public administration” to “democratic public administration”) is presented as a reference point, a model and case study entailing several lessons about the nature and limits of such endeavors. The chapter also builds upon the work of Michael Spicer, a remarkable author who has kept alive this type of approach in the field of public administration by combining public choice and knowledge process theory, long after the initial effect of the Ostroms’ efforts faded.

A Public Choice Perspective on the Legalization of Casino Gaming

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-45
Author(s):  
Miao He ◽  
Ricardo C. S. Siu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Choice ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Public Choice Theory ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Casino Gaming ◽  
Public Choice Perspective

The public choice theory is applied in this study to explore the effects of the expected economic benefits and cost of voters in the process of casino legalization. It is shown that in contrast to most voting processes, the emotional inclination of voters and the related changes have an explicit role in determining the decision made on a ballot for casino legalization. A model is therefore proposed based on the existing literature (for e.g., Morton, 1991; Olson, 1965; Riker and Ordeshook, 1968) to show the interactions and decision making process of related policy makers, and beneficiary and anti-gaming groups. The arguments are elaborated and verified by using evidence from New Jersey and Taiwan, where state-wide referendums were adopted as part of the legalization process of casino gaming.

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