Why Government Succeeds and Why It Fails
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: April 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780674004665
Subjects: Central government policies; Political science & theory; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Development - Economic Development; History & Theory - General; Public Policy - General; Political Science / Public Policy; 1993-; 1993-2001; Economic policy; Policy sciences; Political planning; Rational expectations (Economic theory); Social policy; United States
Description: "This book shows how the ability of the U.S. government to implement policies is strongly affected by various economic constraints. These include the credibility of the policies, the ability of government to commit to them, the extent to which firms and consumers rationally anticipate their effects, whether the success of a policy further encourages firms and individuals to behave in intended ways, and whether the behavior of such actors can be sustained without continued government intervention."--BOOK JACKET.