Making Economic Welfare Analysis Useful in the Policy Process: Implications of the Public Choice Literature

1988 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 448-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard E. Just
Keyword(s):  
Public Choice ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Welfare Analysis ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
The Public ◽  
Choice Literature

The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, Volume 1

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Public Choice ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Choice Models ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
The Public ◽  
Choice Literature ◽  
Selection Of

The two volume Oxford Handbook of Public Choice provides a comprehensive overview of the Public Choice literature. Volume 1 covers rational choice models of elections, interest groups, rent seeking, and public choice contributions to normative political economy. It begins with introductory chapters on rational choice politics, the founding of public choice, and the evaluation and selection of constitutions. The chapters were all written for this handbook by scholars who are well known for their contributions to research in the areas discussed.

scholarly journals Exploring the Policy Implications of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

Resources ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan M. Yonk ◽  
Josh T. Smith ◽  
Arthur R. Wardle
Keyword(s):  
Public Choice ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Surface Mining ◽  
Climate Impact ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Regulatory Structure ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Choice Literature

This paper explores how policy structure, institutions, and political climate impact the ability of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) to ensure the reclamation of surface coal mines. We conduct a policy review that traces the impacts of the three parts of SMCRA; Reclamation Standards, Reclamation Bonding Requirements, and the Abandoned Mine Land fund. We examine the implications the act and its approach have for the mining industry and their ability to reclaim mining areas. We find that each of the three parts of SMCRA’s approach face substantial problems in their implementation. Though largely a positive force for internalizing the environmental costs of surface mining, those issues commonly elucidated in the public choice literature reduce the efficacy of the policy approach and call into question the act’s ability to ensure reclamation occurs. Both in the structure of the bonding requirements and in the regulatory structure created by the act, misaligned incentives sometimes hamper effective reclamation. Further, the funds created under SMCRA to reclaim and restore mined lands have often been directed towards projects that are politically expedient for politicians instead of those that would best serve the fund’s original reclamation purpose. After revealing these problems and putting them in the context of the public choice literature, we suggest updates to the current policy that would align reclamation incentives and better ensure that the reclamation of surface mines occurs. We emphasize the cooperative elements of SMCRA and suggest how other countries, especially those without major existing frameworks for handling reclamation, can emulate the successes of SMCRA while avoiding its implementations snags.

The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, Volume 2

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Public Choice ◽  
Constitutional Political Economy ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
The Public ◽  
Measurement Issues ◽  
The Core ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Choice Literature

The two-volume Oxford Handbook of Public Choice provides a comprehensive overview of the public-choice literature. Volume 2 covers constitutional political economy and applications of public-choice models to various policy areas. Part V has chapters on the architecture of governance, the theory of dictatorship, and the effects of the institutions of governance. Part VI discusses the politics of public policy, international public choice, public choice and history, and measurement issues. The volume touches on topics such as taxation, redistribution, federalism, and monetary policy. It ends with discussions of various methodological approaches, including extensions of the core models to account for altruism and trust, and overviews of measurement and estimation issues, and the use of experiments in public-choice research. The chapters were all written for this handbook by scholars well known for their contributions to the areas covered.

Understanding Bureaucratic Behavior: Implications from the Public Choice Literature*

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce L. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Public Choice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Bureaucratic Behavior ◽  
Choice Literature

Abstract L’analisi teorica del comportamento burocratico rivela che alcuni problemi tipici del fallimento del mercato non sono facilmente risolvibili attraverso la gestione pubblica. L’applicazione del modello utilizzato dalla scuola delle scelte pubbliche alle istituzioni burocratiche si fonda sull’individualismo metodologico, sull’individuo che massimizza la sua funzione d’utilità e sulle limitate possibility di controllo (scarsità e costo delle informazioni).Muovendo dai fondamentali contributi in materia prodotti da Niskanen, Tullock, Migué-Bélanger, Lindsay e Breton-Wintrobe, Benson esamina le relazioni tra politici, managers e burocrati all’interno dell’ambiente istituzionale che ne influenza i comportamenti. La discrezionalità burocratica può essere limitata da incentivi e vincoli opportunamente fissati, tenendo però presente che la razionalità dei burocrati risponde sempre agli incentivi e vincoli che si trova di fronte.L’inefficienza della burocrazia nasce sia dalla difficoltà o impossibilità di misurarne la performance e dagli alti costi di monitoraggio, sia dall’ambiente culturale nel quale è inserita. Attraverso l’esame di alcune politiche legislative statunitensi, l’Autore giunge alia conclusione che il solo modo di influenzae la performance della burocrazia è attraverso la rivolta fiscale.

Partisipasi Masyarakat dalam Proses Kebijakan Daerah

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-177
Author(s):  
Abdullah Manshur
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Policy Evaluation ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Problem Situation ◽  
Policy Cycle ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Making Process

Public policy is a decision to deal with a particular problem situation, that identifies the objectives, principles, ways, and means to achieve them. The ability and understanding of policy makers in the policy-making process is very important for the realization of public policy of rapid, accurate and adequate. The product to suit the needs of the public policy, public participation in the policy process is needed in the policy cycle, from policy formulation to policy evaluation. This paper attempts to review the importance of community participation and other forms of public participation in the policy process, in particular, policy areas.

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.

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