Competitive Governments
Subtitle: An Economic Theory of Politics and Public Finance
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 28, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780521646284
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Public Finance; Economic Theory; Public Finance (General); Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Business/Economics; Economic History; Economics - Theory; Business & Economics / Economic History; Finance, Public
First sentence: The first and overriding objective of the whole of this study is an exploration of some of the implications and requirements of the assumption, which I endeavor to buttress empirically, that governments are competitive - that each one individually is internally competitive, that they compete among themselves, and, last but not least, that they compete with other institutions in society that are, like them, engaged in the provision of goods and services.