scholarly journals Laboratory federalism and intergovernmental grants

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 949-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIAMPAOLO GARZARELLI ◽  
LYNDAL KEETON
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Intergovernmental Grants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Experimentation ◽  
Intergovernmental Grant ◽  
Public Economy ◽  
Economics Analysis ◽  
Policy Solutions

AbstractThis article contributes to an institutional economics analysis of the public economy by answering the following question: what is the role of intergovernmental grants in laboratory federalism? In line with factual evidence, the fiscal federalism literature on policy experimentation hints that grants can be employed to stimulate policy innovation through trial and error learning. Yet it lacks a theory of policy experimentation through grants, meaning that, in effect, we lack a fiscal theory of laboratory federalism. In the proposed approach, an intergovernmental grant is likened to a fiscal institution for political compromise between levels of government that frames policy experimentation options and constraints. At the same time, since policy solutions are not always easy to find or to implement, policy experimentation requires some degree of flexibility. Thus, the article shows that the extent of experimentation induced by a grant is influenced (or, more fashionably, nudged) by the conditionality attached to the grant. It argues, moreover, that if a grantor would like to induce more (less) experimentation, then, all other things equal, a grant with fewer (more) conditions attached should fare better than a grant with more (fewer) conditions attached.

Transformation of the State and Political Economy of the Governance

2020 ◽  
pp. 239-257
Author(s):  
Emek Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
The State ◽  
State Model ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Role Of The State

By the 1980s and 1990s, neoliberal policies such as privatizations and deregulations transforming the minimal state model to regulative state model from the Keynesian social welfare state system made some structural and functional changes in the state mechanism, and the public administration has been in the first place due to the changing relationship between the state and the market. In fact, within this context, the new institutional economics (NIE) had a remarkable influence upon the debates upon the altering role of the state. Hence, the transformation of the state in this regard also revealed the argumentations on the governance paradigm along with the doctrinaire contributions of the new institutional economics. Therefore, this chapter will discuss the transformation of the state and the political economy of the governance together with a critical assessment of the new institutional economics in the public administration.

scholarly journals Institutionenökonomische Analyse des parzellenweisen Holzverkaufs auf dem Stock am Beispiel des öffentlichen Waldes in Frankreich | Institutional economics analysis of the sale of standing timber: the example of the public forest in France

2006 ◽  
Vol 157 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 113-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörn Westphal
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Regulatory Mechanisms ◽  
Principal Agent ◽  
Control Structures ◽  
The Public ◽  
Timber Sale ◽  
Standing Timber ◽  
Economics Analysis

The economic regulatory mechanisms that govern the sale of standing timber in France's forests are subjected to an institutional economics analysis from the perspective of the seller, the Office national des forêts (ONF). French forestry laws are identified as a central institutional framework. The inventory and the marketing of the plots to be cut and the way in which the timber sale contract is handled must be seen as the main controlling mechanisms. The sale of plots of standing timber can be interpreted as contract theoretical and transaction cost theoretical. It can be placed in the systematic of control structures according to Williamson and grasped in its entirety within the context of the principal-agent relationship between the ONF and timber buyers.

scholarly journals PERAN KOPERASI WANITA ( KOPWAN ) DALAM RANGKA PEMBERDAYAAN EKONOMI MASYARAKAT PADA KAWASAN RAWAN BENCANA DI WILAYAH KABUPATEN MOJOKERTO

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-154
Author(s):  
Fediyanty Agustinah
Keyword(s):  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Production Volume ◽  
Household Economy ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Cooperative Effort ◽  
Economy Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Economy ◽  
The Village

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini menggunakan fokus penelitian yaitu 3 (tiga) nama koperasi yang berlokasi di3 (tiga) Desa, yakni ; 1) Koperasi Wanita “Puan Jaya” di Desa Kepuhanyar, KecamatanMojoanyar, 2) Koperasi Wanita “Tutur Mandiri” di Desa Sooko Kecamatan Sooko, dan 3)Koperasi Wanita “Rukun Makmur” di Jambuwok Kecamatan Trowulan. Kondisi usahakoperasi yang berada di daerah rawan bencana di Kabupaten Mojokerto, secara rata-rataberjalan baik dan menjalankan usaha sesuai kaidah usaha perkoperasian. Akan tetapiditinjau dari skala usaha ada 1 (satu) koperasi terpilih masih berada dalam skala usaharelatif kecil dan lemah, sehingga untuk dapat berperan dalam pemberdayaan ekonomimasyarakat terpapar di kawasan rawan bencana, masih perlu diberikan pendampingan kearah peningkatan peran koperasi, khususnya pada masa-masa terjadi bencana. Karenaketika terjadi bencana yang melanda kawasan di mana koperasi beroperasi, dapat didugadampak bencana akan berpengaruh kepada sarana prasarana serta kegiatan usaha koperasidan perekonomian masyarakat anggota koperasi dan masyakat umum lainnya, baik dari sisiproduksi, volume usaha, ketersediaan bahan baku maupun ekonomi rumah tangga. Modelpemberdayaan ekonomi melalui Fasilitasi Perkuatan Usaha Program Dana Bergulir.Kata Kunci: Koperasi, Pemberdayaan Ekonomi, Kawasan Rawan BencanaABSTRACTThis study uses research focus are 3 (three) names cooperatives located in the 3 (three)village, namely; 1) Women's Cooperative "Puan Jaya" in the village of Kepuhanyar, DistrictMojoanyar, 2) Women's Cooperative "Said Self" in the village of Sooko Sooko, and 3)Cooperative Women 'Rukun Makmur "in Jambuwok District Trowulan. Conditions that arecooperative efforts in disaster-prone areas in Mojokerto, in average running well andoperating within the rules of the cooperative effort. But in terms of business scale of 1 (one)cooperative elected is still in business scale is relatively small and weak, so as to be able toplay a role in the economic empowerment of exposure in disaster-prone areas, still need to begiven assistance towards increasing the role of cooperatives, particularly in times the eventof a disaster. Because when disaster strikes that hit the region in which the cooperativeoperates, can be expected impact of disasters will affect the infrastructure and businessactivities of cooperatives and the public economy cooperative members and communitiesother common, both in terms of production, volume of business, the availability of rawmaterials and household economy , Model of economic empowerment through StrengtheningBusiness Facilitation Program Revolving FundKeywords: Cooperation, Economic Empowerment, Disaster Prone Areas

The Expansion of the Public Economy: A Comparative Analysis

1978 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 1243-1261 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Public Economy ◽  
Advanced Capitalist

In spite of the traditional legitimacy accorded the market mechanism of the private sector in advanced capitalist nations, governments in those nations have become more influential as providers of social services and income supplements, producers of goods, managers of the economy, and investors of capital. And in order to finance these various activities the revenues of public authorities have increased dramatically–to a point where they are now equivalent to one-third to one-half of a nation's economic product.This growth in governmental activity in advanced capitalist society is examined by considering the causes, and some of the consequences, of the expansion of the public economy–defined, following Schumpeter's discussion of the “tax state,” in terms of the extractive role of government. The primary concern of this article is to discover why some nations have experienced a far greater rate of increase in recent years and, as a result, have a much larger public economy than other nations. Five types of explanation are elaborated to account for the growth of the scope of governmental activity: (1) the level and rate of growth in the economic product; (2) the degree to which the fiscal structure of a nation relies on indirect, or “invisible,” taxes; (3) politics–in particular the partisan composition of government and the frequency of electoral competition; (4) the institutional structure of government; and (5) the degree of exposure of the economy to the international marketplace. The article evaluates the five explanations with data for 18 nations, and concludes by discussing some implications of the analysis.

Exploration of Business Ethics Based on Economics Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 1044-1045 ◽  
pp. 1741-1744
Author(s):  
Yue Ming Cheng ◽  
Xin Fa Tang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Ideal Behavior ◽  
Economics Analysis

In view of broad and deep economic impact of economy and society from business ethics enterprise can not avoid the existence of ethics, as values, spirit, pursuit of ideal ,behavior habits, morality and so on reflecting in economic activity, its orientation to economy and the dominant role of economic behavior is very obvious. In this paper, ethics analysis of Marxist economics, institutional economics, welfare economics and ecological economics demonstrate necessity of the business ethics for sustainable development of enterprises.

Book Reviews

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 766-769
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Intergovernmental Transfers ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Decentralized Governance ◽  
Government Authority

Melville L. McMillan of University of Alberta reviews “Fiscal Federalism: Principles and Practices of Multiorder Governance” by Robin Boadway, Anwar Shah,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Presents an account of the principles and practices of fiscal federalism based on the currently accepted theoretical framework and best practices. Discusses an introduction to federalism and the role of governments in federal economies; the decentralization of government authority; expenditure assignment; revenue assignment; natural resources ownership and management in a federal system; local governance in theory; local governance in practice; revenue sharing; the principles of intergovernmental transfers; the practice of intergovernmental transfers; finance and provision of health and education; finance and provision of infrastructure; poverty alleviation in federations; fiscal federalism and macroeconomic governance; interregional competition and policies for regional cohesion and convergence; decentralized governance and corruption; and adapting to a changing world. Boadway is David Chadwick Smith Chair in Economics at Queen’s University. Shah is Lead Economist and Program Leader of the Public Sector Governance Program at the World Bank Institute. Index.”

Business-groups in Russian industries

2004 ◽  
pp. 121-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Avdasheva
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Organization ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
Control Rights ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Soviet Economic System

The chapter of “Institutional Economics” textbook is devoted to the development of business-groups as a specific feature of industrial organization in the Russian economy. The main determinants of forming and functioning of business-groups such as allocation of property rights in Soviet enterprises, networks of directors and executive authorities in the Soviet economic system as well as import of new institutes and inefficient state enforcement are in the center of analysis. Origins, structure, organization and management within the groups and the role of shareholding and informal control rights are considered.

Determinants of English as language choice among Unaccompanied Migrant Children (UMC) in Makassar, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Andi Samsu Rijal ◽  
Andi Mega Januarti Putri
Keyword(s):  
Language Choice ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
The Public ◽  
International Language ◽  
Language User ◽  
Public Area ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Language Mastery

The essence of language is human activity. Communication with language is carried out through two basic human activities; speaking and listening during the interaction in a group of people. Immigrants in Makassar city communicate with immigrant communities and Makassar people. They used English and Indonesia to communicate with others. The aims of this article were to find out determinant factors of English as language choice among Unaccompanied Migrant Children (UMC) in Makassar and why they used English as their language choice to communicate with other people out of them. The data were taken from UMC in the shelter under the auspices of Makassar’s Social Office and in the public area of Makassar. This research was a qualitative approach; it was from a sociolinguistic perspective and focuses its analysis with the language choice among UMC. This research showed that most immigrants chose English as their language choice since they were in Makassar because they have acquired better than other international language and it has been mastered naturally by doing social interaction among themselves and people outside their community. UMC had more difficulties to socialize with Indonesian than the adult of Immigrants. Other than their lack of language mastery, they also have the anxiety to adapt to other immigrants and Makassar people. English was used by UMC to show their status as a foreigner who lived in a multicultural situation. Language becomes a power for a human being and it becomes a social identity for language user in one community. During the interaction of UMC in Makassar city, the role of English as an International language is shown.

E-Projects Challenges in India – Role of Human Resource Management and Technology

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Ramnik Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Services ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government ◽  
Traditional Approaches

E-governance is a paradigm shift over the traditional approaches in Public Administration which means rendering of government services and information to the public by using electronic means. In the past decades, service quality and responsiveness of the government towards the citizens were least important but with the approach of E-Government the government activities are now well dealt. This paper withdraws experiences from various studies from different countries and projects facing similar challenges which need to be consigned for the successful implementation of e-governance projects. Developing countries like India face poverty and illiteracy as a major obstacle in any form of development which makes it difficult for its government to provide e-services to its people conveniently and fast. It also suggests few suggestions to cope up with the challenges faced while implementing e-projects in India.

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