Civil service and public sector Books

Book SynopsisState and Local Retirement Plans in the United States explains how economic and political events have shaped the development of pension plans in the last century, and it argues that changes in the structure and generosity of these plans will continue to shape policy and funding in the future. It also brings to bear a new rationale to the policies behind public sector pension plans. The authors use the history of how early public pension plans were established, how they matured and how they have grown in generosity to analyse what changes may be expected in years to come. Unique in its scope, this comprehensive history of the development of public sector pension plans in the United States during the twentieth century expands upon current ideas relating to the changing economic environment, the passage and evolution of social security and the expansion of the public sector. With the exception of military pension plans, which date from the eighteenth century, the first public sector plans, dating from the late nineteenth century, were established to cover teachers, police officers and firefighters in large cities. Over time, these retirement plans were extended to other public sector workers and the local plans were often merged with plans for state workers; all of these date from the twentieth century. Here, the authors show just how pension coverage for public sector workers expanded steadily, through the first half of the twentieth century, so that by the 1960s the vast majority of public sector workers were covered by a plan. This analysis demonstrates how economic events and shifts in public policy at the federal, state and local levels helped to shape public sector retirement plans. The authors also compare public plans with private sector plans, and the final chapter focuses on recent changes in public pensions in response to the `Great Recession', concurrent sharp declines in equity markets and the aging of the public workforce. Scholars and students of economics, history and public policy, public administrators, policymakers and all those with an interest in policy development will find the analyses discussed and conclusions drawn here of significance.Trade Review‘In their recent book State and Local Retirement Plans in the United States, authors Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig and John Sabelhaus have provided a valuable and comprehensive history of the development of public pension plans in the 20th century. . . this book represents an important contribution to economists’ historical understanding of state and local pension plans, and I learned a great deal from reading it.’ -- Joshua Rauh, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance‘This book provides a fine source for further research and public discussions about state and local government pension programs. Highly recommended.’ -- J.L. Mikesell, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Public Pension Plans in the Twentieth Century 2. Public Sector Pension Plans on the Eve of the Great Depression 3. State and Local Pension Plans During the Great Depression 4. State and Local Pension Plans and the Evolution of Social Security: 1940–1975 5. Pension Plans for Public School Teachers 6. Maturing State Pension Plans: 1975–2000 7. Maturing Local Pension Plans: 1975–2000 8. Comparing Trends in Public Pensions to Those in the Private Sector 9. Financial Status of Public Sector Retirement Plans 10. Public Pensions in the Twenty-first Century References Index

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Book SynopsisWhile retiree health plans are a dying benefit in the private sector, all US states and many local governments extend health insurance coverage to their retired employees. This book is the first to thoroughly examine public sector health insurance plans. Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector provides a detailed description of the current plans offered and compares how they vary across states. Health insurance is an important component of compensation in the public sector as it helps governments attract and retain quality workers and encourages timely retirement for career employees. Rapidly rising medical costs, an aging labor force, and an increasing number of retirees have dramatically increased the cost of providing this benefit. A central theme of this analysis is a presentation of the actuarial accrued liabilities, the unfunded liabilities and the annual required contribution of the employers based on the actuarial statements for retiree health plans. The authors also investigate why some states face major funding problems while the costs of other states' plans are much more manageable. Extensively researched and well-suited for classroom and professional use alike, academics in the fields of economics and public policy will find this an unmatched resource. So too will policymakers, economists, legislators, public sector union leaders and those invested in public sector healthcare.Trade Review‘This book is very timely as all governments in the United States have experienced significant financial strains in the past few years and public officials are trying to address the issue in many different ways. . . This book should be read by all who have any responsibility for developing and implementing public retiree health plans.’ -- N. Joseph Cayer, Journal of Pension Economics and FinanceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Retirement Benefits in the Public Sector: The Role of Retiree Health Plans 2. The Economics of Retiree Health Insurance Benefits 3. Descriptions of State Retiree Health Plans 4. Funding and Liabilities of State Retiree Health Plans 5. Explaining the Differences in Financial Status of State Retiree Health Plans 6. Retiree Health Plans for Public School Teachers 7. The Future of Public Sector Retiree Health Insurance References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together research from some of the world?s leading tax economists to discuss appropriate directions for tax reform in small open economies. The eminent contributors (including Altshuler, Creedy, Freebairn, Gravelle, Heady, Kalb, Sørensen and Zodrow) investigate the beneficial directions for medium-term tax reform in the light of global developments and lessons from the latest taxation research. In addressing this issue, they review recent advances in both the theoretical and empirical tax literature and reform evidence from individual countries. Topics covered include the impact of taxes on economic performance; international and corporate taxation; personal tax and welfare systems; environmental taxation; and country-specific tax reform experiences.Bringing together leading international experts to explore specific policy reforms, this book will prove essential reading for academics and researchers of public economics, fiscal policy and tax reform. It will also be warmly welcomed both by undergraduate and graduate students of public economics or the economics of taxation, as well as policymakers and government officials working in the area of tax policy.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Iris Claus, Norman Gemmell, Michelle Harding and David White PART I: THE IMPACT OF TAXES ON INVESTMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY 2. Taxes and Firm Performance: Evidence from the OECD Åsa Johansson, Christopher Heady, Jens Arnold, Bert Brys and Laura Vartia 3. Economic Effects of Investment Subsidies Jane Gravelle PART II: INTERNATIONAL, CORPORATE AND CAPITAL TAXATION 4. Lessons from the Study of Taxes and the Behaviour of US Multinational Corporations Rosanne Altshuler 5. Dual Income Taxes: A Nordic Tax System Peter Birch Sørensen 6. International Taxation and Company Tax Policy in Small Open Economies George R. Zodrow PART III: PERSONAL TAX AND WELFARE SYSTEMS 7. Personal Income Tax Structure: Theory and Policy John Creedy 8. Modelling Labour Supply Responses in Australia and New Zealand Guyonne Kalb 9. Employment Incentives for Sole Parents: Labour Market Effects of Changes to Financial Incentives and Support Jacinta Dalgety, Richard Dorsett, Steven Johnston and Philip Spier PART IV: TAXING ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES 10. Carbon Taxes vs Tradable Permits: Efficiency and Equity Effects for a Small Open Economy John Freebairn 11. Improving Lake Water Quality Through a Nutrient Trading System: The Case of New Zealand’s Lake Rotorua Suzi Kerr and Kelly Lock PART V: LESSONS FROM TAX REFORM EPISODES 12. Australian Tax Reforms: Past and Future Greg Smith 13. Company Tax in New Zealand Matt Benge and David Holland Index

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Book SynopsisThe authors of this comprehensive book provide a detailed rationale and original theory for the study of leadership and institutional factors, including entrepreneurship, in the growth and development of cities and regions. They demonstrate why leadership, institutions and entrepreneurship can - and indeed do - play a crucial enhancing role as key elements in the process of regional endogenous growth. The so-called 'new growth theory' emphasizes endogenous processes. While some of the literature refers to leadership and institutional factors, there has been little analysis of the explicit roles these factors play in the growth and development of cities and regions. This book remedies that gap, beginning with a brief overview of the evolution of the 'new growth theory' in regional economic development, in which the emphasis is on endogenous factors. The book then discusses leadership and institutional factors in that context, creating a new path for understanding regional economic development processes. Multiple case studies from different parts of the world illustrate the theoretical concepts.Students and scholars in regional development, planning and public policy will find this volume invaluable.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. A New Perspective on Regional Endogenous Development Part I: Developing a New Conceptual Model Framework for Endogenous Regional Economic Growth and Development: Incorporating Resource Endowments and Market Fit, Leadership, Institutional Factors and Entrepreneurship 2. A New Conceptual Framework for Regional Endogenous Development 3. Resource Endowments and Market Fit 4. Leadership 5. Institutions and Institutional Factors 6. Entrepreneurship Part II: Examples of Regional Development Initiatives Involving Leadership and Institutional Factors: Case Studies from North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim 7. Case Studies from the United States 8. Case Studies from Europe 9. Case Studies from the Pacific Rim 10. Modeling Endogenous Regional Economic Development: Measurement, Operational Issues and Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative two-volume set brings together the most important classic and contemporary papers on taxation and tax policy, written by the world's leading scholars and practitioners of taxation.Volume I reviews the effects of taxation, optimal taxation and tax reform. Volume II presents the latest theoretical and empirical work on how taxes affect individual decisions across a range of areas, concluding with studies of the effects of taxes on firm investment and financial structure decisions.The volumes will interest those teaching upper-level and graduate level courses in taxation and tax policy, and individuals who want to be informed on the latest research in taxation.Trade Review‘This collection. . . will give to students of taxation a valuable source of critical writings to aid their studies.’ -- Citizen’s IncomeTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction James Alm PART I ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF TAXATION A. Notions of Equity 1. Richard A. Musgrave (1976), ‘ET, OT and SBT’ 2. H. Peyton Young (1990), ‘Progressive Taxation and Equal Sacrifice’ 3. Louis Kaplow (1989), ‘Horizontal Equity: Measures in Search of a Principle’ B. Taxes and Income Distribution 4. Charles E. McLure, Jr. (1975), ‘General Equilibrium Incidence Analysis: The Harberger Model After Ten Years’ 5. Michael Katz and Harvey S. Rosen (1985), ‘Tax Analysis in an Oligopoly Model’ 6. Lawrence H. Summers (1983), ‘The Asset Price Approach to the Analysis of Capital Income Taxation’ 7. James Davies, France St-Hilaire and John Whalley (1984), ‘Some Calculations of Lifetime Tax Incidence’ 8. Timothy J. Besley and Harvey S. Rosen (1999), ‘Sales Taxes and Prices: An Empirical Analysis’ 9. John B. Shoven (1976), ‘The Incidence and Efficiency Effects of Taxes on Income from Capital’ 10. David M. Cutler (1988), ‘Tax Reform and the Stock Market: An Asset Price Approach’ C. Taxes and Efficiency 11. Arnold C. Harberger (1964), ‘The Measurement of Waste’ 12. Jerry A. Hausman (1981), ‘Exact Consumer’s Surplus and Deadweight Loss’ 13. Edgar K. Browning (1987), ‘On the Marginal Welfare Cost of Taxation’ 14. Charles L. Ballard, John B. Shoven and John Whalley (1985), ‘The Total Welfare Cost of the United States Tax System: A General Equilibrium Approach’ D. Taxes and Revenues 15. Don Fullerton (1982), ‘On the Possibility of an Inverse Relationship Between Tax Rates and Tax Revenues’ E. Taxes and Growth 16. Larry E. Jones, Rodolfo E. Manuelli and Peter E. Rossi (1993), ‘Optimal Taxation in Models of Endogenous Growth’ F. Taxes and Politics 17. Kevin W.S. Roberts (1977), ‘Voting Over Income Tax Schedules’ 18. Walter Hettich and Stanley L. Winer (1988), ‘Economic and Political Foundations of Tax Structure’ PART II OPTIMAL TAXATION 19. Peter A. Diamond and James A. Mirrlees (1971), ‘Optimal Taxation and Public Production II: Tax Rules’ 20. P.A. Diamond (1975), ‘A Many-Person Ramsey Tax Rule’ 21. J.A. Mirrlees (1971), ‘An Exploration in the Theory of Optimum Income Taxation’ 22. Peter A. Diamond (1998), ‘Optimal Income Taxation: An Example with a U-Shaped Pattern of Optimal Marginal Tax Rates’ 23. A.B. Atkinson and J.E. Stiglitz (1976), ‘The Design of Tax Structure: Direct Versus Indirect Taxations’ 24. N.H. Stern (1976), ‘On the Specification of Models of Optimum Income Taxation’ 25. Emmanuel Saez (2001), ‘Using Elasticities to Derive Optimal Income Tax Rates’ 26. Joel Slemrod (1990), ‘Optimal Taxation and Optimal Tax Systems’ PART III TAX REFORM 27. Martin Feldstein (1976), ‘On the Theory of Tax Reform’ 28. Alan J. Auerbach, Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Jonathan Skinner (1983), ‘The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform’ 29. David Altig, Alan J. Auerbach, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Kent A. Smetters and Jan Walliser (2001), ‘Simulating Fundamental Tax Reform in the United States’ Volume II Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editors appears in Volume I PART I TAXES AND INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS A. Incentives 1. Joel Slemrod (2001), ‘A General Model of the Behavioral Response to Taxation’ B. Labour Supply 2. Jerry A. Hausman (1981), ‘Labour Supply’ 3. James P. Ziliak and Thomas J. Kniesner (1999), ‘Estimating Life Cycle Labor Supply Tax Effects’ C. Saving 4. Lawrence H. Summers (1981), ‘Capital Taxation and Accumulation in a Life Cycle Growth Model’ 5. William G. Gale and John Karl Scholz (1994), ‘IRAs and Household Saving’ 6. James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise (1995), ‘Do 401(k) Contributions Crowd Out Other Personal Saving?’ D. Portfolio Choice 7. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1969), ‘The Effects of Income, Wealth, and Capital Gains Taxation on Risk-Taking’ 8. James M. Poterba and Andrew A. Samwick (2003), ‘Taxation and Household Portfolio Composition: US Evidence from the 1980s and 1990s’ E. Capital Gains 9. Martin S. Feldstein, Joel Slemrod and Shlomo Yitzhaki (1980) ‘The Effects of Taxation on the Selling of Corporate Stock and the Realization of Capital Gains’ 10. Leonard E. Burman and William C. Randolph (1994), ‘Measuring Permanent Responses to Capital-Gains Tax Changes in Panel Data’ F. Estate Taxes 11. James Poterba (2001), ‘Estate and Gift Taxes and Incentives for Inter Vivos Giving in the United States’ G. Tax Avoidance and Evasion 12. Michael G. Allingham and Agnar Sandmo (1972), ‘Income Tax Evasion: A Theoretical Analysis’ 13. Charles T. Clotfelter (1983), ‘Tax Evasion and Tax Rates: An Analysis of Individual Returns’ 14. James Alm, Gary H. McClelland and William D. Schulze (1992), ‘Why Do People Pay Taxes?’ H. Income Reporting 15. Martin Feldstein (1995), ‘The Effect of Marginal Tax Rates on Taxable Income: A Panel Study of the 1986 Tax Reform Act’ 16. Jon Gruber and Emmanuel Saez (2002), ‘The Elasticity of Taxable Income: Evidence and Implications’ PART II TAXES AND BUSINESS DECISIONS A. Why Tax Capital Income? 17. Alan J. Auerbach (1983), ‘Taxation, Corporate Financial Policy and the Cost of Capital’ 18. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1976), ‘The Corporation Tax’ 19. Christophe Chamley (1986), ‘Optimal Taxation of Capital Income in General Equilibrium with Infinite Lives’ B. Investment 20. Robert E. Hall and Dale W. Jorgenson (1967), ‘Tax Policy and Investment Behavior’ 21. Robin W. Boadway (1987), ‘The Theory and Measurement of Effective Tax Rates’ 22. Alan J. Auerbach and Kevin Hassett (1992), ‘Tax Policy and Business Fixed Investment in the United States’ C. Financial Structure 23. George R. Zodrow (1991), ‘On the “Traditional” and “New” Views of Dividend Taxation’ 24. B. Douglas Bernheim (1991), ‘Tax Policy and the Dividend Puzzle’ 25. Raj Chetty and Emmanuel Saez (2005), ‘Dividend Taxes and Corporate Behavior: Evidence from the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut’ 26. Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason (1990), ‘Do Taxes Affect Corporate Financing Decisions?’ 27. William M. Gentry (1994), ‘Taxes, Financial Decisions and Organizational Form: Evidence from Publicly Traded Partnerships’

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Book SynopsisThis state-of-the-art book examines the development of performance audit, drawing on the experience in a number of different countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, and Belgium. The expert contributors identify the trajectory of performance audit, examine how it is conducted and consider what it is contributing to effective government. They conclude that, in the face of new challenges, performance auditors should focus both on their core responsibilities to ensure accountability, and continue to develop more insightful and sophisticated approaches to enable them to assess the growing complexity of the delivery of public services. By doing so, they can continue to play a valuable role in democratic accountability.Providing an up-to-date overview and discussion of performance audit, this highly topical book will appeal to all those working within audit, academics working in the fields of public management and public administration, as well practitioners in and close to state audit institutions. Members of Parliament, evaluators, internal auditors, researchers, policy analysts and consultants will also find this book invaluable. Contributors: E. Bechberger, R. Boyle, M. Funkhouser, J.-E. Furubo, J. Keen, F.L. Leeuw, T. Ling, J. Lonsdale, V. Put, A. Scharaschkin, R. Turksema, P. van der Knaap, E. Van Loocke, K. Weets, P. WilkinsTrade Review‘It is time, 15 years on from the coining of the “Audit Explosion”, to re-appraise the growth of new forms of auditing. As we move into what might be called “Auditing in Austerity” this book gives us that overview. An extremely well-informed team of authors has been assembled to deliver a comparative analysis that successfully mixes “insider” and “outsider” perspectives. This should be required reading, not just for auditors and their academic hangers-on, but for the wider audience of those interested in contemporary developments in democratic accountability and policymaking.’ -- Christopher Pollitt, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium‘This book fills an important gap in the market. At a time when governments around the world face the largest deficits in decades, there is a strong need to reduce public expenditures whilst ensuring greater value for money from public services. This book addresses these concerns and many more. Each of the chapter authors is a senior practitioner and/or an academic who specialises in performance auditing and accountability in modern complex democracies. They explore the nature of the concepts which underlie current practice; set out a variety of institutional structures and processes, and identify the limits of both theory and practice. These make this a book of considerable significance and one which makes an important contribution to our understanding of the democratic process. This is not a narrowly-focused book only of interest to those who specialise in performance auditing. Given the richness of its analysis and the fine-grained understanding of institutions and processes, it has much to say to students of public administration, management and policy analysis. I am confident that this will rapidly become the standard reference for those who are interested in performance auditing.’ -- Peter M. Jackson AcSS, University of Leicester, UK‘What a good read. Insightful and challenging. It is likely to incite a lot of discussion on the wide-ranging views from the very well-informed and qualified contributors, not least from those who actually have to implement the findings and recommendations of performance audit reports. The focus is rightly on accountability for performance not only in achieving government program objectives in an economic, efficient and effective manner, but also on the audit institutions themselves. It should be welcomed by the public sector and particularly by the parliamentary institutions concerned with achieving accountability for government performance.’ -- Pat Barrett AO, Australian National University and former Australian Auditor-General (1995–2005)‘This book is a much welcome tonic for public administration. It is one of the few books that explicitly focus on how audit institutions carry out their performance auditing responsibilities. While auditors will likely read this, the authors have geared the book to a broader readership, including public managers who are often the subject of performance audits.’ -- From the foreword by Paul Posner, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Paul L. Posner 1. Introduction Jeremy Lonsdale 2. Performance Auditing: Audit or Misnomer? Jan-Eric Furubo PART I: THE CONDUCT OF PERFORMANCE AUDIT 3. Selection of Topics Vital Put and Rudi Turksema 4. Norms Used: Some Strategic Considerations from The Netherlands and the UK Vital Put 5. The Right Tools for the Job? Methods, Choice and Context Jeremy Lonsdale 6. Evidence and Argument Alex Scharaschkin 7. Forming Judgements: How do VFM Audit Teams Know What They Know? Justin Keen 8. Standards and Quality Peter Wilkins and Richard Boyle PART II: THE CONTRIBUTION OF PERFORMANCE AUDIT 9. The Impact of Performance Audits: A Review of the Existing Evidence Eddy Van Loocke and Vital Put 10. Accountability, Performance and Performance Auditing: Reconciling the Views of Scholars and Auditors Mark Funkhouser 11. On the Effects, Lack of Effects and Perverse Effects of Performance Audit Frans L. Leeuw 12. Impact at Local Government Level: A Multiple Case Study Katrien Weets 13. Learning in an Accountability Setting Jeremy Lonsdale and Elena Bechberger 14. Responsiveness in Performance Auditing: Towards the Best of Both Worlds Peter van der Knaap PART III: CONCLUSIONS 15. Conclusions: Performance Audit – An Effective Force in Difficult Times? Jeremy Lonsdale, Tom Ling and Peter Wilkins Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book focuses on the role of fiscal policy in common markets, especially in the context of the supranational constructs in the Gulf Cooperation Council, comprising Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. It draws on the experience of the EU and the importance of VAT, and reflects on the other main common market in Central America. Although oil windfalls have opened a window of opportunity for the Gulf States, at the same time they have created numerous problems. In particular, the uncertainty associated with periods of boom and bust in the oil market has made the formulation and implementation of sound fiscal policies a formidable task. In this study, the distinguished authors present the background to current fiscal reforms and address the critical challenges facing the Gulf States including the choice between consumption and saving (or current needs and future requirements); intra-generational equity issues; the pro-cyclicality of fiscal policy; fiscal sustainability and the prudent management of revenues from finite oil reserves. They examine the case for VAT to substantially replace customs duties, a significant source of non-oil revenue which would be lost as a result of free trade agreements between the GCC and key trading partners. They also demonstrate how an agreed design for VAT would assist in furthering economic integration, and enhance trade and exports. If properly sequenced, VAT would have a negligible impact on both inflation and the poor, and would be progressive in relation to the customs duties replaced.This highly topical book will be of great interest to academics specializing in public sector economics and public finance, and to national and international policymakers involved in fiscal reform.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Design of a VAT for the GCC Common Market Ehtisham Ahmad PART I: WHAT DOES INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE HAVE TO OFFER? 2. The Value Added Tax in the Context of the Proposed GCC Common Market Vito Tanzi 3. Central and Subnational VATs in Federal Countries Richard M. Bird 4. The Design of a VAT for Multi-Government Jurisdictions: Lessons from Canada Robin Boadway 5. The European VAT and the Common Market Framework: Lessons for the GCC Christophe Waerzeggers 6. The VAT in Common Markets: Lessons from Central America Carlos Silvani 7. VAT, Revenue Sharing, and Intergovernmental Transfer Design: The Australian Experience Bob Searle PART II: INTRODUCING THE VAT IN THE GCC AND UAE 8. Setting a VAT Registration Threshold: GCC Considerations and Evidence from Dubai Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio 9. A VAT in the UAE: Distributional Consequences and Social Sectors Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio 10. Treatment of Financial Services under a UAE VAT Satya Poddar and Jayanta Kalita 11. Institutions, Political Economy, and Timing of a VAT: Options for Dubai and the UAE Ehtisham Ahmad Index

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Book SynopsisDuring the past decade, globalization and democratization have been the major forces that helped transform the structures, functions, and processes of Asian public sectors. Nevertheless, these transformation efforts of Asian countries vary considerably depending on local context, and have met with different degrees of success. Some countries experienced smooth transformations. For others, the reform process has been more volatile. These issues were explored at a conference July 7-9, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand, hosted by the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, and co-sponsored by the International Public Management Network, the Asia-Pacific Governance Institute, and Thailand Democracy Watch. This book presents some of the works contributed by participating scholars and practitioners at the conference. The contents fall into three categories: corruption and anti-corruption initiatives, public financial management reforms, and public management reforms with emphasis on performance and results.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Chapter 1 Corruption, anti-corruption policy and management reform. Chapter 2 Combating corruption in the Asia-Pacific countries: What do we know and what needs to be done?. Chapter 3 Corruption in India: Can it be controlled?. Chapter 4 The politics of combating corruption when big businessmen are at the helm: Lessons from Thaksin and Berlusconi. Chapter 5 Competition and Transparency in Government Procurement in Southeast Asia. Chapter 6 Why did anticorruption policy fail? Implementation of the anticorruption policy of the authoritarian new order regime in Indonesia, 1971–1998. Chapter 7 Assessing World Bank support for public financial management and procurement. Chapter 8 Unlocking capacity and revisiting political will: Cambodia's public financial management reforms, 2002–2007. Chapter 9 Making Indonesia's budget decentralization work: The challenge of linking planning and budgeting at the local level. Chapter 10 The causal dynamic effects of a performance-based budget on Thai public spending: A reexamination. Chapter 11 Managing performance in a context of political clientelism: The case of Thailand. Chapter 12 Do leadership and management for results matter? A case study of local e-government performance in South Korea. Chapter 13 Could a decentralized human resource management system in Cambodia strengthen performance and accountability?. Chapter 14 Assessing the impact of crises on the performance and governance of Asian countries. Research in public policy analysis and management. The Many Faces of Public Management Reform in the Asia-Pacific Regio. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisSingapore was ranked first for the competence of its public officials from 1999 to 2002 by "The Global Competitiveness Report". While research has been done on various aspects of public administration in Singapore, there is to date no comprehensive study of the Singapore Civil Service and the statutory boards and their contribution to the attainment of national development goals. The aim of this book is to rectify this gap in the literature by providing a detailed study of public administration Singapore-style. Public administration Singapore-style is characterized by these features: macho-meritocracy; competing with the private sector for talent; low level of corruption; reliance on institutional and attitudinal administrative reforms; reliance on statutory boards to implement socio-economic development programs; effective policy implementation, improving service to the public; and using policy diffusion to solve problems. The book's main thesis is that the nature of public administration in Singapore results from the combined influence of Singapore's policy context and the various policies introduced by the People's Action Party government since it assumed office in June 1959, 50 years ago.Table of ContentsList of Tables. List of Boxes. Abbreviations. Preface. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Singapore's policy context. Chapter 3 The evolution of the Singapore Civil Service (1819–1959). Chapter 4 Statutory boards. Chapter 5 The public service commission. Chapter 6 Compensation: paying for the “Best and Brightest”. Chapter 7 Administrative reform. Chapter 8 Implementing PS21 in the Singapore Civil Service. Chapter 9 Combating corruption. Chapter 10 The PAP government's philosophy of governance. Chapter 11 Public administration Singapore-style. References. Public Administration in Singapore: A Selected Bibliography. About the Author. Subject Index. Research in public policy analysis and management. Research in public policy analysis and management. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisWhile few economists analyzed criminal behaviour and the criminal justice process before Gary Becker's seminal 1968 paper, an enormous body of economic research on crime has since been produced. This insightful and comprehensive Handbook reviews and extends much of this important resulting research. The Handbook on the Economics of Crime provides cutting-edge and specially commissioned contributions dealing with theoretical and empirical modeling of criminal choice and behavior, including Isaac Ehrlich's exposition of what he labels the `market, or equilibrium, model of crime'. The public production and allocation of various criminal justice services is also examined, as are significant components of the costs and consequences of crime. Finally, current debates and controversies in the economics of crime literature are considered, with the expert contributors offering suggestions and guidance for future research. With a broad set of crime-related topics examined from an economic perspective, this extensive Handbook will be welcomed by academic researchers and graduate students of the economics of crime and criminology as well as legal scholars focusing on criminal law.Trade Review‘’This Handbook is a very stimulating collection of overview essays and new researches on the economics of crime. . . They [the editors] make an excellent selection of the most important issues. . .’ -- Emma Galli, Journal of Public Finance and Public ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Background and Overview Bruce L. Benson and Paul R. Zimmerman PART I: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL DEVELOPMENTS: BECKER, EHRLICH AND BEYOND 1. The Market Model of Crime: A Short Review and New Directions Isaac Ehrlich 2. Estimating the Supply of Crime: Recent Advances Helen Tauchen 3. The Measure of Vice and Sin: A Review of the Uses, Limitations and Implications of Crime Data Alexander Tabarrok, Paul Heaton and Eric Helland 4. Dynamic Perspectives on Crime Justin McCrary PART II: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC PRODUCTION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE 5. The Historical Development of Public Policing, Prosecution and Punishment Nicholas A. Curott and Edward Peter Stringham 6. Police, Prisons, and Punishment: The Empirical Evidence on Crime Deterrence Jonathan Klick and Alexander Tabarrok 7. Prison Population and Crime Thomas B. Marvell 8. The Allocation of Police Bruce L. Benson 9. The Economic Analysis of Corruption Fred S. McChesney 10. Economics of Crime and Drugs: Prohibition and Public Policies for Illicit Drug Control Edward M. Shepard, and Paul R. Blackely PART III: CRIME AND THE ECONOMY 11. The Economic Costs of Criminal Activity: A Discussion of Methodological Approaches and Empirical Estimates Allen K. Lynch 12. Crime and Housing Prices Keith Ihlanfeldt and Thomas Mayock 13. Corruption, Crime and Economic Growth Benjamin Powell, G.P. Manish and Malavika Nair 14. Labor Markets and Crime: New Evidence on an Old Puzzle David B. Mustard 15. Private Policing: Experiences, Evaluation and Future Direction Erwin A. Blackstone and Simon Hakim PART IV: CONTROVERSIES AND DEBATES IN THE ECONOMICS-OF-CRIME LITERATURE 16. The Economics of Capital Punishment and Deterrence Paul R. Zimmerman 17. Firearms and Homicide Carlisle E. Moody 18. Abortion and Crime: A Review Ted Joyce 19. Casinos and Crime in the USA Douglas M. Walker 20. Conclusion Bruce L. Benson and Paul R. Zimmerman Index

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Book SynopsisThis book makes a unique contribution in advancing understanding of the fiscal condition and growth potential of the New Member States of the European Union. It provides new data, policy evaluation, and offers national and regional perspectives. The core research questions are the effect of public investment in the context of macroeconomic disequilibrium and how it is possible to finance capital accumulation in the present and future conditions of mounting public sector debt. The contributors reveal that there is now a convincing case for public investment as an essential driver of convergence and growth in Europe. However, a new international and inter-generational fiscal pact to frame a more optimistic view of the role of government is needed. This book explores how public investment matters for growth, how fiscal conditions may support investment, and the role EU regional policy can have in terms of structural change and investment needs. Public Investment, Growth and Fiscal Constraints provides new data analyses on the EU New Member States in Central and Eastern Europe making it an essential tool for academics, students and practitioners interested in public finance and European Economics. The structural and public finance issues in these former transition economies raised in this book will also strongly appeal to policymakers, officials and consultants. The book is based on an independent research project of the University of Milan, supported by the European Investment Bank.Trade Review‘This is a valuable work that makes a strong case for public investment as a growth instrument. It is rich in theoretical and empirical analyses, making it relevant for practitioners as well as policy makers’. -- Anil Duman, Eastern Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Public Investment, Growth and Fiscal Constraints in the EU Massimo Florio PART I: PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND GROWTH: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 1. Budget Deficits, Public Debt and the Level of Public Investment Malcolm Sawyer 2. Recent Advances in Public Investment, Fiscal Policy and Growth Chiara Del Bo 3. Public Investment under Disequilibrium: A Post Keynesian Viewpoint Massimo Cingolani PART II: PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND FISCAL CONDITIONS IN THE EU NEW MEMBER STATES 4. Patterns and Trends of Public Investment in the New Member States of the European Union Ángel Catalina Rubianes 5. EU New Member States: Public Sector Accounts and Convergence Criteria Giuseppe Bognetti and Giorgio Ragazzi 6. Public Investment and Growth in the EU New Member States: An Overview Jan Hanousek and Evžen Kočenda PART III: INVESTMENT, STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND REGIONAL POLICY 7. Structural Change in New Member States (1995–2005): Shift–Share Analysis of Productivity Growth and its Determinants Aleksandra Parteka 8. Structural Funds Business Support and Employment Growth in Manufacturing: Perspectives for the New Member States Luigi Moretti 9. Infrastructure Investment Opportunities in the EU New Member States: The Role of Regional Policies Emanuela Sirtori and Silvia Vignetti Index

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Book SynopsisChallenging the traditional orthodoxies of public management, this timely and comprehensive book adopts a lively and critical approach to key questions of public policy and management.With state-of-the-art contributions from leading international scholars, Public Management in the Postmodern Era explores a public sector that has moved irreversibly beyond the familiar territory of New Public Management and the exhausted tenets of modernization. Within a global environment where the old explanations and solutions have failed, the book advances a postmodern analysis. It argues strongly its original case that postmodern perspectives are of immediate relevance to issues of practice as well as to enduring problems of theory.The ambitious remit of the book will be of direct value to practitioners, scholars, academic researchers and students in politics, public policy and public management. With an international scope, the book will appeal to a worldwide audience.Trade Review‘A highly challenging set of essays on sense-making in a public sector world that previously contained a dearth of relevant theory. Moving beyond the orthodoxies of policy and management, this work advances the critical position that post modernism must be relevant to practice by building from the narratives of empowered practitioners faced with finding solutions that go beyond traditional boundaries.’ -- Robert Agranoff, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset, Madrid, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: CONCEPTUALISING AND THEORISING 1. Public Management in the Postmodern Era: An Introduction John Fenwick and Janice McMillan 2. Modernism Redux: Po-Mo Problems and Hi-Mo Public Policy Wayne Parsons 3. Democracy Without a Centre: Towards a Politics of Difference Paul H.A. Frissen 4. Understanding Policy Transfer in the Competition State Mark Evans PART II: APPLICATIONS AND ACTORS 5. Professions and Professionalism Andrew Massey 6. Working Life in the Public Organisation David Farnham 7. Still the Century of Bureaucracy? The Roles of Public Servants B. Guy Peters PART III: RESOLUTION AND SENSE-MAKING 8. Everyday Makers and Expert Citizens: Active Participants in the Search for a New Governance Henrik P. Bang 9. Public Policy and Management in Postmodern Times John Fenwick and Janice McMillan Index

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Book SynopsisThis major book reviews and analyses the changes that have taken place in public administration in Britain and North America over the last ten years and which will continue to have a profound impact on central and local bureaucracies well into the next century.Managing the Public Sector provides a critical introduction and successfully combines a review of the literature with original research. It relates theory to practice and highlights the problem of implementation. It covers all the major issues including privatization, and the importance of the business sector both as a partner and a powerful lobby for efforts to use market mechanisms to devolve power.This thoroughly modern, up-to-date book will be essential reading for all courses on public administration and policy analysis and the management of the public sector.Trade Review'. . . particularly valuable in its treatment of the British and American central bureaucracies and on the impact of the private market on American and British practice. A thoughtful and persuasive account. . .' -- Dilys M. Hill, Parliamentary Affairs'Massey incorporates documentary research, literature reviews, and his own interview data to provide a rich examination of an important phenomenon.' -- A.M. Khademian, Choice'Massey's excellent book should be read by all managers who are beginning to feel uneasy that, by analogy, the private sector helps us manage public services.' -- Andrew Wall, Health Services Management'Andrew Massey has produced a timely comparative analysis of public sector management. His book deals with recent developments, provides a critical commentary, and places them in both an historical and Anglo-American context. To these novel features are added two vital and often overlooked considerations: first that there is a limit to the transferability of private sector techniques into public sector management; and secondly that the administration of public policy cannot be viewed in isolation from the political milieu in which it operates. Managing the Public Sector is to be warmly recommended to teachers and students in political science, management and business studies and applied economics.' -- Trevor Smith, President of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ulster'. . . a thorough survey of government reform in two influential Western democracies. The book provides a thorough guide of where the reform movement is at present, and will provide a useful historical marker in relation to future reforms, particularly in the United States.' -- Russell Harding, Public Administration ReviewTable of ContentsThe question of governance - epidemic malady of constitutions; value for money and the British civil service; enforcing bureaucratic change; managing federal bureaucrats; the resurgent market - privatization in the USA; the parvenus' market - liberalization in the UK; managing sub-national government - a check and balance?; not a seamless web - bureaucrats, managers and markets.

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Book SynopsisAt a time when there is growing concern in many countries over the funding of expanding public sectors, this important new book brings together leading specialists in public finance to re-examine the economics of public sector growth. Several chapters document changes in the size of the public sector over recent decades for major OECD and Third World economies. Subsequent chapters then explore prominent explanations including public choice perspectives, bureaucracy models, relative price effects and Wagner's Law, and assess their contribution to current knowledge. The book also provides a number of new case studies of specific government activities - education, health and social security.Trade Review'. . . provides a useful and readable overview of developments in this area . . .' -- Peter Else, The Economic Journal'One leaves this volume with a better understanding of the multifaceted nature of public sector growth'. -- David Schap, The Southern Economic Journal'This important collection offers new insights into the growth of the public sector (especially changes in public expenditure) that has fascinated economists from the time of Adam Smith.' -- Abstracts of Public Administration, Development and Environment'Those working with the development of the public sector should certainly add the book to their library. . .' -- Martin Paldam, The World EconomyTable of ContentsThe public sector - definition and measurement issues, Norman Gemmell; recent trends in the size and growth of government in OECD countries, Peter Saunders; recent trends in the size and growth of government in developing countries, David Lim; the Peacock-Wiseman hypothesis, Magnus Henrekson; public expenditure and political progress, Alan Hamlin; the economics of bureaucracy, John G. Cullis and Philip R. Jones; Wagner's Law and Musgrave's Hypothesis, Norman Gemmell; modelling public expenditure growth - an integrated approach, Peter Jackson; government consumption - effects on productivity, growth and investment, Steve Dowrick; social security expenditure, John Creedy; health care expenditure, David K. Whynes; higher education expenditure, Paul Ryan; the political economy of public sector growth in the United States, Terry L. Anderson and Thomas Stratmann; the public sector in Australia - a quantitative analysis, Franz Hackl, Friedrich Schneider and Glenn Withers.

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Book SynopsisThis important book presents new work by respected scholars in the field of public administration in Europe, and evaluates both American and European approaches to public sector management and administrative reform.The book begins with introductory chapters examining public management in Europe and the United States and explores the paradoxes that exist in administrative reform. Part two presents a wide range of case studies of European management reforms including the United Kingdom, France, Austria, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. It offers a balanced view of the managerial trend which appears to be sweeping across Western Europe. This is achieved by presenting the full spectrum of case studies from success to failure. Balance is created by presenting counter-arguments and criticisms of the prevailing trend of reform. The third part considers management, legal state and democracy. Finally, the volume concludes with a North American perspective on the administrative reform in Europe.Public Management and Administrative Reform will be indispensable to academics, policymakers and management practitioners in the public sector, especially those working within Europe.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction: Public Management and Administrative Reform Part II: Management Reforms in Western Europe: Successes, Nuances and Failures Part III: Management, Rechtsstaat and Democracy Part IV: Epilogue Index

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Book SynopsisIn response to the idea that alternative theories, ideologies and institutions of public economics are unsatisfactory, this important and path-breaking book deals with the principles of economics using a more realistic 'tempered public choice approach'. Opening with an introduction on the development of the economic theory of public finance, Francesco Forte develops a discourse based on a theoretical framework of welfare economics. Here, the assumption of 'homo oeconomicus' is replaced by that of an average man with imperfect rationality and imperfect ethical constraints, and social welfare functions are replaced by equilibrium solutions in 'games' played by contracting parties at constitutional and post-constitutional stages. The positive and normative theory of public goods becomes much more complex, and merit wants are evaluated from an individualistic perspective. Theories of public expenditure, public revenues and the interrelation between various levels of government are also analysed. The public choice approach combined with theoretical welfare economics and institutions will prove a stimulating and engaging read for those with a special interest in public sector economics, public choice and Austrian economics.Trade Review’A long professional and personal association with Francesco Forte accustoms one to the extraordinary breadth of his knowledge, understanding and original thinking not only on economic but also legal and political questions. Principles of Public Economics displays all these estimable qualities to the full, adding for good measure a style and content that must attract both student and savant alike.’Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: Background: Some Aspects of the History of Thought 1. Decision-making Processes and the Structures of Public Finance 2. Individual and Collective Welfare 3. Public Wants and Public Goods 4. Equilibrium and Disequilibrium between Demand and Supply of Public Goods 5. Bureaucracy and Interest Groups 6. The Fiscal Constitution and the Rules Governing the Budget 7. Public Expenditure 8. Public Revenue and the Tax Burden 9. Income Effects and Allocation Effects of Taxes 10. Optimal Taxation in a Public Economy Conforming to the Market Economy 11. Tax Shifting 12. Public Prices 13. Public Debt and Fiscal Policy 14. Supranational, Regional and Local Public Finance Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book provides a state of the art of the study of policy instruments, combining insights taken from European and American experiences, to present a detailed exposition of the nature and use of policy instruments.The book first analyses the background of the instrumental approach and outlines its development in the field of public adminstration. It also includes an exposition of four alternative schools of thought about policy instruments, namely, the instrumentalist, proceduralist, contingentist and constitutivist schools. The criteria for choosing instruments are discussed as is the effectiveness of regulatory, financial and communicative instruments. This volume also addresses the recent efforts by governments to restrict intervention in the market. The final section provides a reassessment of the instruments literature and looks at the questions that will continue to face this perspective on public policy.This book will be of great use to academics and students of public policy and political science as well as policymakers.Table of ContentsContents: Prologue Part I: The State of the Art in the Study of Policy Instruments 1. The Traditional Approach to Policy Instruments 2. The Study of Policy Instruments 3. The Trade-off Between Appropriateness and Fit of Policy Instruments Part II: The Quest for Policy Instruments 4. A Contextual Approach to Policy Instruments 5. The Choice of Policy Instruments in Policy Networks 6. A Public Choice Approach to the Selection of Policy Instruments 7. The Political Circumstances of Instrument Design Part III: The Rhythms and Blues of Policy Instruments 8. The Dynamics of Policy Instruments 9. The Acceptability and Visibility of Policy Instruments Part IV: A Re-examination of the Study of Policy Instruments 10. The Sociogenesis of Policy Tools in the Netherlands 11. On Instruments and Instrumentality Epilogue Index

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Book SynopsisInnovation is a necessity in a changing world. But what kind of innovation? 'Sustaining innovation' props up and temporarily fixes structures and processes that are failing - making them cheaper, faster, safer, more efficient. 'Disruptive innovation' shakes things up. Typically however disruptive initiatives offer only short-term impact or are eventually adapted and 'mainstreamed' to help sustain existing systems. That is particularly true in the public, social, cultural and civic sectors where the natural patterns of renewal that have been developed in market settings (creative destruction, sophisticated financial support etc.) are generally absent. Only 'transformative innovation' can deliver a fundamental shift towards new patterns of viability in tune with our aspirations for the future. This book offers a first stand-alone practical guide to how to realise transformative potential at scale. It offers six elements for policymakers, funders and innovators: Knowing: how to expand our sense of what constitutes valid knowledge to become more comfortable with complexity Imagining: how to conceive, develop and design transformative initiatives to carry a group's longer term aspirations Being: how to organise for action, manage the process, and sustain the people involved over time Doing: how to introduce the new in the presence of the old, enrol others and figure out what to do when you don't know what to do Enabling: how to construct a policy framework for long term transition and provide smart financing to match Supporting: how to develop systems and structures to support a culture of renewal in our public, social and civic systems. It concludes with an invitation to join a growing community of transformative innovators around the world - a network of hope in powerful times.Trade Review"This a quiet and reflective book, and in both length and tone it is a refreshing antidote to the hundreds of over-excitable business books that are at heart vastly padded articles. When reading Transformative Innovation, you have a sense of the depth that sits behind every chapter. You can also pick up the tools and use them in your own practice, especially because the IFF, with its strong commitment to openness, has published much about them both on its own website and through an associated project, H3Uni.org. This rich and humane book should be on the shelf of every practicing futurist. " Andrew Curry writing in APF CompassTable of ContentsIntroduction CHAPTER 1: Transformative Innovation The Practice of Transformative Innovation The Capacity to Innovate Practice and Theory Ten Characteristics of Transformative Innovation Case Study: SHINE ~ Changing the Culture of Care CHAPTER 2: Knowing Complexity Is Your Friend Five Principles Two Loops A Variety of Prompts CHAPTER 3: Imagining Imagining Social Change Three Horizons and Social Change Convening the Future Dilemmas Imaginary Islands CHAPTER 4: Being The Human System Organizing for Action Managing the Process Sustaining the People CHAPTER 5: Doing Frameworks for Action Social Learning The Buddhist and the Broker Taking Action CHAPTER 6: Enabling A Compelling Vision of the Third Horizon Encouragement for Pioneers A Realistic View of the Policy Landscape Evaluation Based on Third Horizon Intentions Financing Transformative Innovation CHAPTER 7: Supporting Everything Flows Patterns of Renewal Cultural Renewal Infrastructure for Transformative Innovation The Permission Slip APPENDIX: The IFF Clan ABOUT IFF

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Book SynopsisGood governance is one of the UK's fundamental values, and citizens are entitled to expect that public officials, both elected and non-elected, behave according to the highest standards of ethical behaviour. However, such lofty aspirations are not enough to root out corruption. If integrity in public life is to be maintained, the core principles behind it must be constantly sustained and strengthened. This new Haus Curiosities volume, published in collaboration with Westminster Abbey Institute, looks at the place and meaning of integrity in the individual public servant, in public service institutions, and in the wider public they purport to serve. It tries to answer the fundamental questions of what integrity means in public life, what lasting value it has, and why it has such a critical part to play in the constitution of Britain. The book also explores how people in public service institutions can cease to behave with humanity when those institutions deny the individual human spirit. On the other hand, the authors argue for the critical importance of institutions in upholding values when fallible humans forget them, as we have witnessed in the Civil Service's steadfast and stabilising response to the Brexit referendum and its uncertain aftermath. Integrity in Public Life provides a critique of and an essential guide to integrity, leaving the reader with some hope for its continued place in public life.Trade ReviewPraise for Haus Curiosities series: `The thinking person's commuting read.'-Independent

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Book SynopsisTruth in Public Life explores the difficulty in defining truth, its critical importance in civilised society and the challenges and threats to telling the truth in different public service settings. Three leading experts reflect on subjects related to truth in public life. Vernon White, in his essay 'Truth Pursued, or Being Pursued by Truth', shows that absolute truth exists and explains why and how it matters morally. In 'Truth Sustained', Stephen Lamport describes why truth is important to sustaining civilised society and argues that truth is central to other essential qualities, such as objectivity, honesty, openness, leadership, selflessness, integrity and accountability. In her essay 'Truth Told', Claire Foster-Gilbert explores the challenge of truth-telling for public servants: for politicians, who are routinely not believed; for civil servants, whose ministers may only want to hear those facts that support their policy ideas; for journalists, tempted to tell the story that is 'too good to check'; for judges, who may suffer from unconscious bias; for police officers, who must win the trust of the public by believing accusers, without jeopardising justice for the alleged perpetrators. This short book is a potent reminder of how important truth is, even as it is threatened afresh.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers more than a hundred years of chess in the Civil Service, with information about the clubs, the individuals, the events they contested, the successes, and the arguments that sometimes resulted. Clubs regularly featured leading players of the day and the Civil Service representative team frequently beat strong counties in 50-board matches, as well as participating in a mammoth 500-board match against the rest of England. Names of chess clubs bring a whiff of nostalgia, with India Office, War Office and Civil Service Rifles no longer in existence. Leading players served their country not only in their departments, but at establishments like Bletchley Park in the Second World War. Several civil servants represented their country in international matches. Over a thousand players participated in the league at one stage.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements 7 Abbreviations and Acronyms 10 Chapter 1 1845 - 1927 Beginnings 13 Chapter 2 1927 – 1939 CSCA Merger to World War II 60 Chapter 3 1939 – 1946 Espionage, World War II and the Advent of Computers 94 Chapter 4 1946 – 1967 Hitting the Heights 111 Chapter 5 1967 – 1983 Modernization 162 Chapter 6 1983 – 1998 Drama follows Drama 216 Chapter 7 1999 – 2016 Decline and Fall 283 Annex Articles by E C Baker, M.B.E. 333 Club Histories Correspondence Chess 390 Biographies 397 Trophy Winners & Officials 487 Literature Sources etc. 527

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Book SynopsisIn the light of better and more detailed administrative databases, this open access book provides statistical tools for evaluating the effects of public policies advocated by governments and public institutions. Experts from academia, national statistics offices and various research centers present modern econometric methods for an efficient data-driven policy evaluation and monitoring, assess the causal effects of policy measures and report on best practices of successful data management and usage. Topics include data confidentiality, data linkage, and national practices in policy areas such as public health, education and employment. It offers scholars as well as practitioners from public administrations, consultancy firms and nongovernmental organizations insights into counterfactual impact evaluation methods and the potential of data-based policy and program evaluation. Trade Review“This book, edited by Nuno Crato and Paolo Paruolo, provides a thorough analysis of evaluation studies and is a valuable contribution for a reader seeking to gain an understanding of the literature on microdata issues and the use of the results related to policy evaluation. … the book could be very useful to scholars interested in regional development and regional policy effectiveness given the topics and the discussions included.” (Roberto Gabriele, Regional Studies, Vol. 53 (6), 2019)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I: Microdata for Policy Research.- Part II: Microdata Access.- Part III: Counterfactual Studies.- Part IV: Use of Results.

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Book SynopsisThere is a lot of attention for happiness, but there is also a lot of confusion, about the concept and the nature of happiness. This book wants to reduce this confusion, to make the deliberations and discussions about happiness more productive. A reduction of confusion will also make it easier to assess happiness as a possible standard in our personal life and in politics. Acceptance of happiness as a standard will have positive effects. Acceptance in personal life will make individuals more critical, and less vulnerable for adversity and manipulation. Acceptance in politics will contribute to a better detection and analysis of social-economic problems. Such positive effects are important for well-being. Well-being is usually defined as ‘objective well-being’ by experts, like medical specialists or psychologists. They apply their professional standards like blood pressure or personality characteristics. Happiness, on the other hand, is ‘subjective well-being’ as experienced by the people themselves. This happiness is the appreciation of one’s own life as a whole, and this appreciation is based on standards people have adopted themselves, knowingly or unknowingly. Happiness as subjective well-being, and objective well-being as defined by experts, are complementary. It is important to asses objective and subjective well-being simultaneously, and it is incorrect to ignore one of them. Table of Contents1. Introduction: an old discussion but a new challenge!2. The concept of happiness as subjective well-being3. The measurement of happiness as an actual phenomenon 4. Dualism of happiness; the body and the mind again!5. Affective happiness, or the affective component of happiness6. Evaluative happiness, or the evaluative component of happiness7. The explainability of happiness 8. Governments and happiness9. Complications in the interpretation and valuation of happiness10. Happiness as a standard in personal life and in politics11. What if? Some policy-options with happiness as a standard12. Summary of main conclusions and discussion

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Book SynopsisThe notion of quality features prominently in contemporary discourse. Numerous ratings, rankings, metrics, auditing, accreditation, benchmarking, smileys, reviews, and international comparisons are all used regularly to capture quality. This book paves the way in exploring the socio-political implications of evaluative statements, with a specific focus on the contribution of the concept of quality to these processes. Drawing on perspectives from the history of ideas, sociology, political science and public management, Dahler-Larsen asks what is the role of quality, and more specifically quality inscriptions, such as measurement? What do they accomplish? And finally, as a consequence of all this, does the term quality make it possible to deal with public issues in a way that lives up to democratic standards? This cross-disciplinary book will be of interest to scholars and students across various fields, including sociology, social epistemology, political science, public policy, and evaluation. Table of ContentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2: A History of the Concept of QualityChapter 3: Quality PerspectivesChapter 4: Quality Inscriptions: Their Makers and Their ConsequencesChapter 5: Qualitization and Models of QualitizationChapter 6: Quality Without DemocracyChapter 7: Epilogue: What to Do.

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Book SynopsisWhy are historically Catholic countries and regions generally more corrupt and less competitive than historically Protestant ones? How has institutionalization of religion influenced the prosperity of countries in Europe and the Americas?This open access book addresses these critical questions by elucidating the hegemonic and emancipatory religious factors leading to these dissimilarities between countries. The book features up-to-date mixed methods from interdisciplinary research contributing to existing studies in the sociology of religion field by demonstrating—for the first time—the effect of the mutually reinforcing configuration of multiple prosperity triggers (religion–politics–environment). It demonstrates the differences in the institutionalization of Roman Catholicism and Protestantism by applying quantitative and qualitative methods and by performing a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) of 65 countries. The author also provides a comprehensive survey and results of empirical research on different theories of development, focusing on the influence of religion.Table of ContentsPart I: Introductory Considerations and Research Setting.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Research Setting.- Part II: Conceptual Framework.- 3. The Outcome (Criterion Variables).- 4. Diagnosing Corruption and Prosperity in Europe and the Americas (A).- 5. Conditions (Predictor Variables): Theories Explaining Prosperity Differences (B), (C), (D), (E).- Part III: Theoretical Foundations.- 6. Corruption and Religion (A), (B), (1).- 7. Prosperity and Religion (A), (B), (1).- 8. Institutions, Corruption/Prosperity, and Religion (A), (B), (D), (1), (3), (6).- 9. Education, Religion, and Corruption/Prosperity (A), (B), (C), (1), (2).- 10. Culture, Religion, and Corruption/Prosperity (A), (B), (C), (1), (2).- 11. Language and Religion.- 12. Environment/Geography and Prosperity/Transparency (E), (4), (7).- Part IV: Research Paradigms, Methodology, and Research Design.- 13. Applied Research Paradigms.- 14. Methodology.- Part V: Empirical Results.- 15. Component 1 (Macro): Quantitative (Regression) Analysis.- 16. Component 2 (Meso): Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).- Part VI: Component 3 (Micro).- 17. Case Selection Criteria, Methods, and Data Treatment.- 18. a) Switzerland: Extreme Positive Case Study (Worldwide).- 19. b) Uruguay: Extreme Positive Case Study (Latin America).- 20. c) Cuba: A Sui Generis Case Study (Communist proxy).- 21. d) Colombia: Extreme Negative Case Study.- 22. Summary Overview of the Four Case Studies.- Part VII: Discussion and Conclusions.- 23. Integrative Conclusions.- 24. Other Considerations.- 25. Concluding Remarks.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the economic consequences of the regional government of Catalonia's challenge to democracy and the rule of law in Spain. This process, started in 2010, culminated in a coup d'état in the autumn of 2017. The book has three parts. First: The circumstances behind the challenge: economic structure, social and political aspects. Second: The economic impacts of the resulting huge political instability and social polarisation, and the downturn in GDP, investment, competitiveness, Barcelona's appeal, and flight of companies and banks to Madrid. Third: Independence would mean collapse of trade with the rest of Spain and the EU, expulsion from the eurozone, fall of GDP, plummeting tax revenue, soaring unemployment and, finally, conversion of this hypothetical new Catalonia into a failed, vassal and totalitarian state. This book is destined to be the foremost work of reference on the consequences of the separatist threat to Spain, including Catalonia's current decline.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Contemporary Spain: Democratic and Decentralised.- Chapter 3. The Process Robs Us, Not Madrid.- Chapter 4. The Rebellion and the Separatist Coup.- Chapter 5. Geographical Dimension and Historical Perspective of Catalonia.- Chapter 6. Degree of Decentralisation in Spain and the Powers of the Autonomous Communities.- Chapter 7. Urban and Rural Catalonia.- Chapter 8. Catalonia, Spain, Europe and the World: The Multilevel Governance System.- Chapter 9. Integration and Disintegration: Secession of the European Regions?.- Chapter 10. Challenge, Labyrinth, Mirage, Enigma, Ghost, Fantasy, Illusion, Utopia, Nonsense, Madness, Stagnation, Malaise, Fever, Cancer, Lawsuit, Accident, Slip, Catastrophe, Crisis, Bonfire, Soufflé, Misfortune, Tragedy, Drama, Comedy, Farce, Trap, Twenty-first Century or Postmodern or Liquid Coup d’état, Revolt, Rebellion, Adventure, Problem, Question, Syndrome… (Separatist) Coup.- Chapter 11. The Separatist Regime: Propaganda, Neo-Language, Post-Truth, Alternative Facts, Fake News, Disinformation, Social Networks, Populism and Falsification of the Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 12. Language and Indoctrination in the Schoolroom.- Chapter 13. Structure of the Separatist Narrative.- Chapter 14. Spain, from a Model Transition to Democracy to Failed State?.- Chapter 15. Values and Qualities of Spain.- Chapter 16. Corruption, Embezzlement, Profligacy and the Bad Government of the Separatist Generalitat.- Chapter 17. Surveys on Separatism.- Chapter 18. Separatism and Economic Crisis.- Chapter 19. Constitutionalist and Separatist Votes and Deputies.- Chapter 20. Hate and Separatist Violence, or Common Sense and Harmony.- Chapter 21. Quality of Democracy in Catalonia.- Chapter 22. The Cost of the Separatist Challenge.- Chapter 23. Dynamics of Catalonia’s GDP under the Process.- Chapter 24. Collapse of the Competitiveness of Catalonia.- Chapter 25. The Fall in the Attractiveness of Barcelona.- Chapter 26. Regulatory and Fiscal Hell.- Chapter 27. Regulatory and Fiscal Hell.- Chapter 28. Barcelona and Madrid.- Chapter 29. Catalonia’s Trade with the Rest of Spain.- Chapter 30. The Fiscal Balances: Accounts and Tales.- Chapter 31. Social Security and Pensions.- Chapter 32. Flight of Companies, Capital and Bank Deposits.- Chapter 33. Collapse of Foreign Investment.- Chapter 34. Boycott of Catalan Goods and Services.- Chapter 35. The Budgets of the Separatist Generalita.- Chapter 36. Economic Policy of the Separatist Generalitat.- Chapter 37. The Cost of ‘Not Spain’.- Chapter 38. The Decline of Catalonia.- Chapter 39. Economic Consequences of a Hypothetical Secession.- Chapter 40. Impact of a Hypothetical Secession on Trade.- Chapter 41. Impact of a Hypothetical Secession on GDP.- Chapter 42. Impact of a Hypothetical Secession on Employment, Pensions, Health and Education, and on the Deficit and Debt.- Chapter 43. Impact of a Hypothetical Secession on the Financial System and on Spain.- Chapter 44. Brexit and Catexit.- Chapter 45. Fantasising About the ‘Viability’ of an ‘Independent’ ‘Catalonia’.- Chapter 46. From Tyrannical Mini-State to Dictatorial and Imperialist Vassal State.- Chapter 47. The ‘Industry’ of the Separatist Process: The ‘Business’ of Independence Is in the Separatist Challenge, Not in Independence Itself.- Chapter 48. Who—What—When—Where—Why—How on Catalan Secessionism?.- Chapter 49. Overcoming Catalan Separatism.- Chapter 50. As a Recap: Ten Questions and Answers About a Hypothetical Separation of Catalonia from the Rest of Spain./

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Book SynopsisAs individuals, we depend on the services that governments provide. Collectively, we look to them to tackle the big problems - from long-term climate and demographic change to short-term crises like pandemics or war. Funding this activity, and managing the required finances sustainably, is difficult – and getting more so. But governments don't provide – or use – basic financial information that every business is required to maintain. They ignore the value of public assets and most liabilities. This leads to inefficiency and bad decision-making and piles up problems for the future. Governments need to create balance sheets that properly reflect assets and liabilities, and to understand their future obligations and revenue prospects. Net Worth – both today and for the future – should be the measure of financial strength and success.Only if this information is put at the centre of government financial decision-making can the present challenges to public finances around the world be addressed effectively, and in a way that is fair to future generations.The good news is that there are ways to deal with these problems and make government finances more resilient and fairer to future generations. The facts, and the solutions, are non-partisan, and so is this book. Responsible leaders of any political persuasion need to understand the issues and the tools that can enable them to deliver policy within these constraints. Table of ContentsPART 1. PURPOSE AND PROLOGUE1. Owning and Owing2. From Warfare to Welfare in Three Generations PART 2. ACCOUNTING FOR GOVERNMENT3. Why Government Accounting Matters4. What Does the Government Balance Sheet Look Like?5. Why Accrual Accounting Matters6. Accrual Accounting – How it Works in Practice7. Central Banks and the Public Sector Balance Sheet8. Looking to the Future: The Comprehensive Balance Sheet9. Comparison of Public Sector Balance Sheets10. Comparison of Comprehensive Balance Sheets11. Review of Fiscal Rules PART 3. MANAGING PUBLIC COMMERCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES12. Finding, Understanding and Valuing Public Commercial Assets13. The Asset Map: A Shortcut to Understanding Property Holdings Better14. Institutionalising Asset Management15. What Should Governments Do with Public Commercial Assets16. Managing Assets Better: The Role of Public Wealth Funds17. Pensions and Other Liabilities: The Benefits of Disclosure and Management PART 4. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE18. Balance Sheets, Culture and National Achievement in Europe 1560 - 183419. How Accounting Can Save Democracy20. Implementing Change

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Book SynopsisSince the end of the Cold War in the early ’90s, a multi-track approach to peacemaking has been developed by academics and practitioners to bring political and civil society leaders together from across the divide of contested societies to find ways out of the conflict. Much of the focus up to now has been given to the strategic contribution of Track II conflict analysis and problem-solving workshops. This book puts the spotlight on the role that grassroots leaders and citizens can play at Track III level in the community in building and strengthening a bottom-up approach to conflict transformation following protracted conflicts. In Part 1, the focus is on the post-conflict situation of Northern Ireland twenty years after the Belfast Good Friday Agreement. Part 2 portrays scholarly and practitioners’ perspectives and actions in communities and organizations designed to build partnerships in order to counteract the legacies of active protracted conflict. Plots the role of Track III approaches within a multi-track peacemaking pyramid in the protracted conflict and post-conflict phases of confl ict transformation. Provides case studies on how to engage community leaders in thinking together how to work with deep-seated legacies of protracted conflicts. Explores the contribution of bottom-up models to build intergroup partnerships within and between local communities. Focuses on the interface between research and practice.

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Book SynopsisFor some years, we have observed a broad public discussion over the shrinking civic space. While the focus has generally been on countries with authoritarian governance systems, it has more recently become apparent that the issue is neither restricted to these countries nor indeed to countries with weak or non-existing democracies. It has been demonstrated that the space in which civil society actors and individual citizens may contribute to public affairs is undergoing fundamental changes in Europe. While in some areas, the clout of civic initiative is larger today than ever before, in others, civic action is highly disputed and governments are attempting to crowd out non-governmental actors from the public sphere. This edited volume examines the wellbeing of civil society in the Europe and its riparian states. Presented by experts from 12 European countries the book presents insights in the latest developments of civil society and aspect like the shifting interaction between the state, market and civil society or the influence of populist movements on civil society and tackles the question wether there is a shrinking civic space in Europe. It addresses policy and decision makers, civil society academics and actors in the field, as well as the public.

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Book SynopsisA framework for financial market modeling, the benchmark approach extends beyond standard risk neutral pricing theory. It permits a unified treatment of portfolio optimization, derivative pricing, integrated risk management and insurance risk modeling. This book presents the necessary mathematical tools, followed by a thorough introduction to financial modeling under the benchmark approach, explaining various quantitative methods for the fair pricing and hedging of derivatives.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:"The book under review introduces quantitative finance using the benchmark approach. … It is quite a nice blend of narrative and mathematics. There are also some bigger examples which contribute nicely to the overall presentation. … Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter. The authors even provide solutions to exercises. … I think it could be quite useful for students, because of the first part of the book, and to practitioners, due to the exposition in the second part of the book." (Ita Cirovic Donev, MathDL, March, 2007)"This book provides an introduction to quantitative finance. … It aims to stimulate interest in the benchmark approach by describing some of its power and wide applicability. It is intended for quantitative analysts postgraduate students, practioners in finance, economics and insurance. … It is designed for three groups of users. Firstly, it provides useful information to financial analysts and practioners. Secondly, it aims to introduce those with a reasonable basic mathematical background. Thirdly, researchers may find the later parts of the book interesting … ." (Klaus Ehemann, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1104 (6), 2007)"The book is a rather comprehensive treatment of quantitative finance and distinguishes itself from other analogous treatments by using a novel approach that allows one to generalize various existing results and to some extent also allows one to bridge a certain gap between current and classical approaches. … The comprehensiveness of the book is very valuable for research … ." (Wolfgang J. Runggaldier, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 d)“A comprehensive introduction to the mathematical foundations of finance. It is thorough and encyclopedic, providing a wide range of definitions and theorems that are useful in the subject. … a valuable text for well-motivated students interested in these topics, whether they are pursuing problems within the classical framework or beyond the assumptions of the basic theory.” (Gunduz Caginalp, SIAM Review, Vol. 52 (2), 2010)Table of ContentsPreliminaries from Probability Theory.- Statistical Methods.- Modeling via Stochastic Processes.- Diffusion Processes.- Martingales and Stochastic Integrals.- The Itô Formula.- Stochastic Differential Equations.- to Option Pricing.- Various Approaches to Asset Pricing.- Continuous Financial Markets.- Portfolio Optimization.- Modeling Stochastic Volatility.- Minimal Market Model.- Markets with Event Risk.- Numerical Methods.- Solutions for Exercises.

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch liefert Studierenden der Sozialen Arbeit, der Sozialwirtschaft und des Sozialmanagements anschaulich und kompakt relevantes Wissen über Ökonomisierungsprozesse in der Sozialen Arbeit. Ursachen und Folgen neoliberaler Vermarktlichungstendenzen sozialer Einrichtungen und Dienste werden verständlich und konzentriert dargelegt. Als Kontrastfolie bietet es außerdem einen grundlegenden Einblick in kapitalismuskritische Theorieansätze und solidarisch-alternative Wirtschaftsformen.Table of ContentsWas ist Sozialökonomie?- Soziale Arbeit als Dienstleistung?- Ökonomisierung Sozialer Arbeit.- Neoliberalismus und dessen Folgen.- Alternativen zum kapitalistischen Wirtschaftssystem.- Sozialökonomische Entwicklungen für Einrichtungen, Dienste und Träger.

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Book SynopsisDas Buch bietet Studierenden und Paktiker*innen eine kompakte Einführung in das Thema Nachhaltigkeit und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement. In klaren Beschreibungen und mithilfe von Interviews, Praxisbeispielen und Fallstudien wird ein grundlegendes Verständnis für ein zeitgemäßes und nachhaltiges Management (in) der Sozialwirtschaft vermittelt. Ökologische, soziale und ökonomische Ziele werden im Sozialbereich zunehmend gemeinsam betrachtet. Auf der Grundlage nachhaltiger Geschäftsmodelle und von Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien werden diese Ziele mittels Green Controlling integriert gesteuert. Verschiedene Nachhaltigkeitsstandards ermöglichen einen passenden Rahmen für nachhaltige Maßnahmen und für die Kommunikation mit Stakeholder*innen.Table of ContentsNachhaltigkeit im Sozialbereich.- Die Sozialwirtschaft als Teil einer neuen Wirtschaftsordnung.- Die Dimension der Nachhaltigkeit.- Nachhaltige Managementkonzepte für die Sozialwirtschaft.- Nachhaltigkeit steuern, Nachhaltigkeit messen: Green Controlling.- Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung.

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Book SynopsisIn diesem Buch präsentieren die Autoren einen Überblick über die unterschiedlichen, teilweise rivalisierenden ökonomischen Konzepte des Gemeinwohls. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen der Rationalität nutzenmaximierender Individuen, ihrer Einbettung in soziale Zusammenhänge und den daraus erwachsenden Ansprüchen werden die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen ökonomischer Gemeinwohlaussagen untersucht. Das Ziel dieses Lehrbuches besteht darin, Studierenden der Wirtschaftswissenschaften und benachbarter Sozialwissenschaften aufzuzeigen, welche Möglichkeiten die Ökonomik bei der Bestimmung des Gemeinwohlbegriffs in der gesellschaftlichen Diskussion bietet. Hierbei geht es auch darum, die offensichtliche Lücke zwischen der auf individueller Nutzenmaximierung basierenden Wohlfahrtsökonomik und „anwendungsorientierter“ Gemeinwohl- und Nachhaltigkeitsökonomie zu schließen. Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisIn diesem essential erklären die Autoren, unter welchen Umständen es zu Marktversagen kommt und das freie Spiel der Marktkräfte nicht zu einem gesellschaftlich wünschenswerten Ergebnis führt. Sie diskutieren, ob und, wenn ja, welche Staatseingriffe zu einer Erhöhung der Wohlfahrt führen. Anhand von Beispielen aus dem Wohnungsmarkt, dem Gasmarkt, dem Bereich des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs sowie dem Kraftstoffmarkt zeigen sie auf, wie der Staat in diese Märkte eingreift und wie diese Maßnahmen im Hinblick auf ihre Effizienz- und Verteilungswirkungen zu bewerten sind. Staatliche Eingriffe in den Preismechanismus zeitigen unerwünschte Nebenwirkungen, wenn sie an Symptomen, nicht an den Ursachen politisch unerwünschter Preisentwicklungen ansetzen.

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