The Elgar Companion to Public Choice

The Elgar Companion to Public Choice
ISBN-10
1781009481
ISBN-13
9781781009482
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
624
Language
English
Published
2014-04-01
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Authors
William F. Shughart, Michael Reksulak, Laura Razzolini

Description

The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition brings together leading scholars in the field of political economy to introduce readers to the latest research in public choice.The Companion lays out a comprehensive history of the field and, in five additional parts, it explores public choice contributions to the study of the origins of the state, the organization of political activity, the analysis of decision-making in non-market institutions, the examination of tribal governance, and modeling and predicting the behavior of international organizations and transnational terrorism.With broad and up-to-date coverage, this second edition will appeal to politicians and policymakers, academics and researchers in public and social choice and political science as well as graduate students in economics, political science and public administration.

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