Civil service and public sector Books

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 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 authoritative collection presents seminal papers from leading academics charting recent developments in public finance. The two-volume set encompasses numerous sections including the public sector in a market economy, market imperfections, growth implications of public policies and efficiency and distributive implications of public policies. Professor Tanzi and Dr Zee have selected key papers to reflect the scholarly debates and pivotal arguments surrounding this field of study. This indispensable collection, with an original introduction by the editors, will be of immense value to students, scholars and practitioners interested in this topical and relevant subject.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I: Resource Allocation and Distribution Acknowledgements Introduction Vito Tanzi and Howell Zee PART I PUBLIC SECTOR IN A MARKET ECONOMY 1. George J. Stigler (1968), ‘The Government of the Economy’ 2. Kenneth J. Arrow (1977), ‘The Organization of Economic Activity: Issues Pertinent to the Choice of Market Versus Nonmarket Allocation’ 3. Vito Tanzi (2005), ‘The Economic Role of the State in the 21st Century’ PART II MARKET IMPERFECTIONS AND LIMITS TO PUBLIC INTERVENTION 4. George A. Akerlof (1970), ‘The Market for “Lemons”: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism’ 5. Mancur Olson (1982), ‘The Logic’ 6. R.H. Coase (1994), ‘The Institutional Structure of Production’ 7. Avinash Dixit and Mancur Olson (2000), ‘Does Voluntary Participation Undermine the Coase Theorem?’ 8. Avinash Dixit (2009), ‘Governance Institutions and Economic Activity’ PART III INCENTIVES, SOCIAL CHOICES AND PRIVATE PROVISION OF PUBLIC GOODS 9. T. Nicolaus Tideman and Gordon Tullock (1976), ‘A New and Superior Process for Making Social Choices’ 10. James M. Buchanan (1983), ‘The Public Choice Perspective’ 11. Theodore Bergstrom, Lawrence Blume and Hal Varian (1986), ‘On the Private Provision of Public Goods’ 12. Amartya Sen (1999), ‘The Possibility of Social Choice’ 13. Rebecca M. Blank (2000), ‘When Can Public Policy Makers Rely on Private Markets? The Effective Provision of Social Services’ 14. Jean-Jacques Laffont and David Martimort (2002), ‘Incentives in Economic Thought’ PART IV EFFICIENCY AND DISTRIBUTIVE IMPLICATIONS OF PUBLIC POLICIES 15. Edmund S. Phelps (1973), ‘Taxation of Wage Income for Economic Justice’ 16. John Rawls (1974), ‘Some Reasons for the Maximin Criterion’ 17. Arthur M. Okun (1975), ‘Increasing Equality in an Efficient Economy’ 18. A.B. Atkinson and J.E. Stiglitz (1976), ‘The Design of Tax Structure: Direct Versus Indirect Taxation’ 19. J.A. Mirrlees (1982), ‘The Economic Uses of Utilitarianism’ 20. Don Fullerton and Diane Lim Rogers (1991), ‘Lifetime Versus Annual Perspectives on Tax Incidence’ 21. Assar Lindbeck, Sten Nyberg and Jörgen W. Weibull (2003), ‘Social Norms and Welfare State Dynamics’ 22. Yan Chen and Sherry Xin Li (2009), ‘Group Identity and Social Preferences’ PART V INTERJURISDICTIONAL POLICY DIMENSIONS 23. Roger H. Gordon (1983), ‘An Optimal Taxation Approach to Fiscal Federalism’ 24. Martin C. McGuire (1991), ‘Group Composition, Collective Consumption, and Collaborative Production’ 25. Oded Hochman, David Pines and Jacques-François Thisse (1995), ‘On the Optimal Structure of Local Governments’ 26. Wallace E. Oates (1999), ‘An Essay on Fiscal Federalism’ 27. Todd Sandler (2002), ‘Demand and Institutions for Regional Public Goods’ 28. Robin Boadway (2006), ‘Intergovernmental Redistributive Transfers: Efficiency and Equity’ 29. Agnar Sandmo (2003), ‘International Aspects of Public Goods Provision’ Volume II: Stabilization and Growth Acknowledgements An introduction to both volumes by the editors appears in Volume I PART I DEFICITS, GOVERNMENT BUDGET CONSTRAINT, AND INFLATION 1. Alan S. Blinder and Robert M. Solow (1973), ‘Does Fiscal Policy Matter?’ 2. Robert J. Barro (1974), ‘Are Government Bonds Net Wealth?’ 3. Vito Tanzi (1978), ‘Inflation, Real Tax Revenue, and the Case for Inflationary Finance: Theory with an Application to Argentina’ 4. Thomas J. Sargent and Neil Wallace (1981), ‘Some Unpleasant Monetarist Arithmetic’ 5. Olivier J. Blanchard (1985), ‘Debt, Deficits, and Finite Horizons’ 6. Alan J. Auerbach, Jagadeesh Gokhale and Laurence J. Kotlikoff (1991), ‘Generational Accounts: A Meaningful Alternative to Deficit Accounting’ 7. Vito Tanzi, Mario I. Blejer and Mario O. Teijeiro (1993), ‘Effects of Inflation on Measurement of Fiscal Deficits: Conventional Versus Operational Measures’ 8. Hana Polackova Brixi and Ashoka Mody (2002), ‘Dealing with Government Fiscal Risk: An Overview’ PART II CAPITAL MOBILITY, GLOBALIZATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE OF POLICY 9. Jacob A. Frenkel and Assaf Razin (1988), ‘Introduction’, ‘Government Spending Policies’, ‘Tax Policies’, ‘Concluding Remarks’ 10. James Tobin (1996), ‘Prologue’ 11. Peter Birch Sørensen (2004), ‘International Tax Coordination: Regionalism Versus Globalism’ 12. Jeffrey A. Frankel (2006), ‘Twin Deficits and Twin Decades’ 13. James R. Hines Jr. (2007), ‘Corporate Taxation and International Competition’ PART III RULES, DISCRETION AND INTERTEMPORAL CONSISTENCY OF OPTIMAL POLICES 14. Stanley Fischer (1980), ‘Dynamic Inconsistency, Cooperation and the Benevolent Dissembling Government’ 15. Mats Persson, Torsten Persson and Lars E.O. Svensson (1987), ‘Time Consistency of Fiscal and Monetary Policy’ 16. Fabrizio Balassone and Daniele Franco (2000), ‘Public Investment, the Stability Pact and the “Golden Rule”’ 17. George Kopits (2007), ‘Fiscal Responsibility Framework: International Experience and Implications for Hungary’ PART IV GROWTH IMPLICATIONS OF PUBLIC POLICIES 18. David Alan Aschauer (1989), ‘Is Public Expenditure Productive?’ 19. Robert J. Barro (1990), ‘Government Spending in a Simple Model of Endogenous Growth’ 20. William Easterly and Sergio Rebelo (1993), ‘Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation’ 21. Nancy L. Stokey and Sergio Rebelo (1995), ‘Growth Effects of Flat-Rate Taxes’ 22. Kevin A. Hassett and R. Glenn Hubbard (1997), ‘Tax Policy and Investment’ 23. Alan J. Auerbach (2008), ‘Tax Reform in the Twenty-first Century’

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Book SynopsisPublic-Private Partnerships (PPPs) promise much and present an exciting policy option. Yet as this Handbook reveals there is still much debate about the meaning of partnership, and the degree to which potential advantages are in fact being delivered. In this timely Handbook, leading scholars from around the world explore the challenges presented by infrastructure PPPs, and contemplate what lies ahead as governments balance the need to provide innovative new infrastructure against the requirement for good public governance. This Handbook builds on a range of exciting theoretical lenses that span several disciplinary boundaries. It presents innovative insights and informed perspectives from an international base of empirical evidence. This essential Handbook will prove an invaluable reference work for academics, advanced post-graduate students and commentators of PPPs, as well as professionals, infrastructure regulators and government policy advisors.Trade Review‘. . . the volume is a timely, comprehensive, and valuable addition to the literature, which deserves to be widely read.’ -- Richard Allen, Governance‘. . . the Handbook informs, engages, questions, criticises and educates.’ -- Business Line‘As politicians across the world have loudly debated how best to shrink the size of government, clever entrepreneurs have pushed off in a very different direction: creating complex partnerships between government and the private sector, which have pushed government more deeply into the private sector and pulled private partnerships more deeply into the core of government. In this important new book, the editors have pulled together a fascinating collection of papers that examines how these partnerships are transforming the provision of services and, in fact, the very nature of governance itself.’ -- Donald F. Kettl, University of Maryland, US‘Public–private partnerships are a familiar subject, but this volume makes it clear just how much interesting research is being done on the topic at present. This is an extremely useful collection of papers that will be essential reading for anyone interested in partnerships and public policy more generally.’ -- B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Introduction: The PPP Phenomenon and its Evaluation Graeme A. Hodge, Carsten Greve and Anthony E. Boardman 2. Mixes and Partnerships through Time Roger Wettenhall 3. A Brief Intellectual History of the Public–Private Partnership Movement Tony Bovaird 4. Public–Private Partnerships: Deciphering Meaning, Message and Phenomenon Erik-Hans Klijn 5. Reviewing Public–Private Partnerships: Some Thoughts on Evaluation Graeme A. Hodge PART II: DISCIPLINARY THEMES IN PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 6. Splintered Logic and Political Debate Matthew Flinders 7. The Economics of Public–Private Partnerships: Some Theoretical Contributions Jean-Etienne de Bettignies and Thomas W. Ross 8. Assessing the Economic Worth of Public–Private Partnerships Anthony E. Boardman and Aidan R. Vining 9. Different Delivery Models Colin F. Duffield 10. Law and Regulatory Aspects of Public–Private Partnerships: Contract Law and Public Procurement Law Christina D. Tvarnø 11. Accounting for PPPs in a Converging World David Heald and George Georgiou 12. Risk Management Rui Sousa Monteiro 13. Governing Partnerships Chris Skelcher PART III: EMPIRICAL EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 14. The UK’s Private Finance Initiative: History, Evaluation, Prospects Mark Hellowell 15. Empirical PPP Experiences in Europe: National Variations of a Global Concept Gerhard Hammerschmid and Tamyko Ysa 16. P3s in North America: Renting the Money (in Canada), Selling the Roads (in the USA) Anthony E. Boardman and Aidan R. Vining 17. The Australian PPP Experience: Observations and Reflections Graeme A. Hodge and Colin F. Duffield 18. Public–Private Partnerships: The Scandinavian Experience Carsten Greve and Ulrika Mörth 19. Empirical Evidence of Infrastructure Public–Private Partnerships: Lessons from the World Bank Experience Paul Noumba-Um 20. Public–Private Partnerships: The United Nations Experience Benedicte Bull PART IV: CRUCIAL ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE 21. The Global Public–Private Partnership Industry Carsten Greve 22. Towards a Process Perspective on Public–Private Partnerships Guðrið Weihe 23. PPPs in Developed and Developing Economies: What Lessons can be Learned? David Parker and Catarina Figueira 24. A Review of Transport Public–Private Partnerships in the UK Jean Shaoul 25. Reviewing Public–Private Partnership Performance in Developing Economies Argentino Pessoa 26. Conclusions: Public–Private Partnerships – International Experiences and Future Challenges Graeme A. Hodge, Carsten Greve and Anthony E. Boardman Index

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Book SynopsisThe last few decades have presented a new set of challenges and opportunities for public finances. Demographic trends have put substantial pressure on non-discretionary public expenditures such as health care, while legal challenges have put pressure on education financing. The author illustrates how these national trends have also impacted state and local finances ? some directly, others indirectly. The economic downturn further constrains state and local governments? options for dealing with national trends. Constituents? sentiment toward the size of government further exacerbates fiscal choices for state and local governments.In this broad and illuminating volume, experts on public finance discuss innovations in state and local tax policy implemented or considered over the course of the last three decades. The authors provide original work that analyzes whether state and local governments have ?gone outside the box? to deal with the strains of current public finances or have gotten along by adhering to the status quo. Well-known scholars in the area of state and local public finance consider actual practices and analyze potential policy changes for the future.Public policy and public finance scholars and students as well as policy makers will find much of interest in this impressive and original collection.Table of ContentsContents: PART I: THE PERFECT STORM? 1. Introduction and Overview Sally Wallace 2. Major State–Local Policy Challenges: Outside-the-Box Solutions Needed Ronald C. Fisher 3. Genesis of State–Local Creativity Robert Tannenwald, Jennifer Weiner and Igor Popov Discussant Comments: Mary Mathewes Kassis Discussant Comments: Jason S. Seligman PART II: HOW STATES COPE WITH ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES 4. Going Without an Income Tax: How do States do it? David L. Sjoquist 5. California’s State and Local Revenue Structure After Proposition 13: Is Denial the Appropriate Way to Cope? Robert W. Wassmer Discussant Comments: Don Bruce PART III: NEW FORMS OF TAXATION 6. An Exploration of Various Corporate Tax Structures in Georgia: Some Effects of Moving from Three-Factor Apportionment of Corporate Income to a Gross Receipts Tax Jonathan Rork and Laura Wheeler 7. Can Georgia Move from Income Tax to Consumption Tax? Sally Wallace Discussant Comments: William J. Smith PART IV: EVALUATING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES AND BUDGETING 8. Reaching and Maintaining Structural Balance: Leaders in the States Katherine Willoughby 9. Fiscal Limitations on Local Choice: The Imposition and Effects of Local Government Tax and Expenditure Limitations Daniel R. Mullins Discussant Comments: Kurt Thurmaier Out-of-the-Box Conference: An Epilogue Bert Waisanen Index

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Book SynopsisThis highly topical book explores key issues in evaluating the long-run implications of population ageing for pensions, taxation, intergenerational equity and social welfare.Societies face long-term phenomena, such as demographic change and climate change that impose costs and benefits far into the future. These present challenges for policymakers in planning intertemporal consumption paths that balance the goals of efficiency and equity. An exploration of these issues, with respect to population ageing in particular, is the primary motivation for this book. John Creedy and Ross Guest evaluate these problems with a particular focus on the role of concepts, assumptions and value judgements.This book will be a fascinating read for researchers interested in the social evaluation of population ageing and climate change. Public policy makers and advisers will find the analysis of practical policy questions such as alternative regimes for taxing public pensions of special interest. Graduate students of macroeconomics and public economics will also find helpful discussions of social discounting, the efficiency and equity effects of tax smoothing, and potential new effects of population ageing on labour productivity.Trade Review'This is a useful book that presents a number of important ideas and results. Creedy and Guest's discussion of the assumptions and value choices required in these models is thoughtful and interesting. Their overall conclusion that population ageing is unlikely to significantly reduce living standards is important for policymakers and the general public, many of whom are still under the sway of "crisis" rhetoric. . . this will likely be a valuable book for economists or economic policy researchers interested in the macroeconomic implications of population ageing. The careful discussion of the models involved will be useful for both graduate students and experienced researchers in this field.' -- Martin Cooke, Canadian Studies in PopulationTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction Part II: Discounting and Time Preference 2. Discounting and Time Preference 3. The Elasticity of Marginal Valuation 4. Sustainable Preferences 5. Representative Agent and Social Planner Part III: Pensions and Taxation 6. Pension Tax, Savings and Labour Supply 7. Private Pensions and Savings Part IV: Population Ageing 8. Tax Smoothing and Population Ageing 9. Demographic Change in OECD Countries 10. Capital Intensity and Productivity 11. Extensions and Sensitivity Analyses Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis critical book focuses on two dominant reform agendas - managerialism and politicisation - to examine the condition of Anglophone countries after 40 years of reform to public sector management and governance. Comparing four countries using the Westminster system - Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom - John Halligan explores the changes resulting from distinctive reform agendas, exposing performance shortfalls and unintended consequences, such as bureaucratisation. Offering a broad overview of the implementation and outcomes of key administrative developments, Halligan unpacks those traditions and conventions of governance in Anglophone countries that have been disrupted by unrestrained political executives, producing dramatic imbalances in management and governance systems. Judicious and incisive, this book will be crucial reading to postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of public policy seeking an in-depth understanding of both historic and contemporary reforms to public management and governance. Halligan's comparative approach to public management systems will also benefit government practitioners and specialists working closely with governments.Trade Review'Reforms in Anglophone countries have influenced many countries around the world. This book, by one of the leading researchers in the field, discusses in a deep and comparative way research on the challenges of these reforms related to the long-term impact of managerialism and politicization on public governance.' --Tom Christensen, University of Oslo, Norway'Halligan's book comes at the end of a major cycle of public sector reforms, and announces a possible transformation of our politico-administrative systems as scenarios for the 21st century. His capacity to unpack the complexity of ''managerialism'', and ''politicisation'' is impressive. His focus on four Anglophone countries, as a coherent cluster, makes his analysis stronger than any other comparison. This is a ''must-read'' to understand the new tensions in our fast changing world, and how to handle these.' --Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: 1. Reforming Anglophone Public Management and Governance 2. Administrative Tradition and Westminster in Reform Era Governance 3. Politicising the Executive Branch: Changing Roles, Resources and Relationships 4. Ministers and Mandarins under Political Management 5. Management Dilemmas 6. Contradictions in Implementing Performance Management 7. Management and Bureaucracy in a Political Milieu 8. Coordination and Collaboration 9. Long Term Reform and Public Management Systems 10. Postscript: Directions for Change Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Global Urban Competitiveness Report - 2010 is an empirical study of the competitiveness of 500 cities around the world This one-of-a-kind resource draws on a wealth of data sources, all of which are described and assessed Using a sophisticated methodology and a team of 100 researchers from the Chinese Academy of Social Science, the book not only ranks these cities but also presents a wealth of information with regard to the strengths and weaknesses of each city in relation to each other The book includes a full discussion of the factors that create urban competitiveness, what sorts or categories of cities are most competitive, and comments on the policies and initiatives that are adopted by the most competitive cities.Scholars and researchers in the areas of urban economics, planning, geography, and regional economics will find the information invaluable, as will local authorities, decision-makers, and economic planners in cities throughout the world.Table of ContentsContents: 1. The Conceptual Framework and Index System 2. Analytical Methods 3. Econometric Findings 4. The City Rankings 5. Which Cities are the Most Competitive in the World? 6. What are the Characteristics of Global Urban Competitiveness? 7. Which Factors Decide Global Urban Competitiveness? 8. Cities: Everything is Possible in the Future Appendices Bibliography

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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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Book SynopsisImplizites Wissen als Ressource stellt für wissensintensive Organisationen eine der kritischsten Aspekte ihres erfolgreichen Agierens dar. Dementsprechend hoch ist auch die Bedeutung der effektiven Teilung dieses Wissens für den langfristigen Erfolg der Organisationen. Weil die Beziehung zwischen Knowledge Seeker und Knowledge Provider hierbei eine wichtige Rolle spielt, wird in dem vorliegenden Buch unter Nutzung der Social Capital Theory untersucht, welchen Einfluss die Telearbeit auf die Beziehung zwischen den Beschäftigten der öffentlichen Verwaltung und damit verbunden auf die Wissensteilung hat. Die Autorin legt dabei einen besonderen Fokus auf die relationalen Veränderungen aus Sicht der Knowledge Seeker. Deshalb werden insgesamt fünf für den Knowledge-Seeking-Prozess besonders relevante relationale Einflussfaktoren empirisch untersucht: Professional Trust, Personal Trust, Access, Close Ties und Collaborative Norms.Table of Contents1 Problemaufriss.- 2 Stand der Literatur und Identifikation der Forschungslücke.- 3 Theoretisch-analytischer Rahmen.- 4 Methodik.- 5 Darstellung und Diskussion der Ergebnisse.- 6 Fazit.

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Book SynopsisThe book is a collection of essays written since 2010, and dealing, in one way or another, with the place of values in economic analysis. The centrality of values in the collection is not surprising, given that the thematic concerns informing the essays in the book relate principally to methodological issues in economic enquiry, to the normatively constrained aggregation of personal preferences into collective choice, and to problems of logical coherence and ethical appeal in the axiom systems underlying the measurement of economic and social phenomena such as poverty, inequality and literacy. While many of the essays are more or less technical in nature, they are all explicitly motivated by considerations that go beyond the formalisms of presentation to an involvement with the role of moral reasoning in economic analysis. In particular, the essays emphasize the importance of ‘ought propositions’ in a science which is all too often regarded as being wholly and exclusively ‘positive’ in its orientation. The book should be of particular interest to researchers, students, and public policy makers.Table of ContentsChapter 1: “Instrumentalism” and Friedman’s Methodology: A Short Objection.- Chapter 2: A Sort of Paretian Liberalism.- Chapter 3: Liberty, Equality, and Impossibility: Some General Results in the Space of “Soft” Preferences.- Chapter 4: The Arrow Paradox with Fuzzy Preferences.- Chapter 5: Equality, Priority, and Distributional Judgements.- Chapter 6: Two Logical and Normative Issues Relating to Measurement in the Social Sciences.- Chapter 7: Social Groups and Economic Poverty: A Problem in Measurement.- Chapter 8: Reckoning Sub-Group Poverty Differentials in the Measurement of Aggregate Poverty.- Chapter 9: Poverty Measurement in the Presence of a “Group Affiliation Externality”.- Chapter 10: Revisiting the Normalization Axiom in Poverty Measurement.- Chapter 11: The Focus Axiom and Poverty: On the Co-existence of Precise Language and Ambiguous Meaning in Economic Measurement.- Chapter 12: Assessing Inequality in the Presence of Growth.- Chapter 13: Revisiting an Old Theme in the Measurement of Inequality and Poverty.- Chapter 14: Inequality Measurement with Subgroup Decomposability and Level-Sensitivity.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the Indian economic crisis and brings out what went wrong and the correction necessary for getting the economy back to high growth trajectory, leading to economic transformation. To do so, the book covers trends in performance of Indian economy since the Global Financial Crisis to the COVID-19 effect, bringing out factors that have determined the same. The book questions the approach to macroeconomic policy of both the RBI and the government and brings out what it takes for macroeconomic policy to be supportive of high growth. It contains revealing contrasts with East Asia and China, although India has the same potential to grow with an expansion of manufacturing. Overall, it argues that macroeconomic policies (as much as structural, industrial, and trade policies) have been deficient and even good initiatives on the industrial policy and trade flounder for the lack of a strategic approach to macroeconomics. The book highlights the special opportunities present in an emerging economy with vast under and utilised labour and the macroeconomic policy initiatives that can take advantage of this key feature. It covers the macroeconomic data on growth using multiple indicators, then the external shocks and the internal policy measures/responses; besides, GVA/GDP, credit, exports, external transactions, interest and policy rates, yields, exchange rates, money, capital flows, indices of industrial sector, price indices and inflation, government expenditures, tax rates, fiscal deficits, market uncertainty measures to present a holistic picture of the economy and the shocks and policy actions that have followed. The book uses an innovative method of presentation and the consistency of the trends/stances of both monetary and fiscal policy using these large number of variables. It discusses the debate on overestimation of GDP/GVA growth estimates over the years from 2011-12 to about 2016-17 comprehensively. There is special coverage of GST with a comparison with China. Coverage also includes performance since the COVID-19 crisis again using a large number of indicators and an explanation for the same in terms of the limitations of the government’s initiatives to counteract. The book is a quick and ready reference of what has happened in macroeconomic terms to those interested in the relevant facts. It is of interest to international economists, policy analysts, and investors whose need to understand that the Indian economy in macroeconomic terms and in terms of the stances and penchant of the government and the RBI is of value.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Trends in Growth since the GFC.- Chapter 3. Credit, Employment and the Current Account.- Chapter 4. Capital Formation and Foreign Investment.- Chapter 5. Inflation and Monetary Developments.- Chapter 6. Policy and Analyses Chapter.- 7. Reflexive, not Reflective Monetary Policy.- Chapter 8. The COVID Crisis and Response.- Chapter 9. The Recovery.- Chapter 10. The Challenge of Manufacturing.- Chapter 11. Conclusions.- Chapter 12. GST and the Discrimination Against Production Oriented States.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the emerging trends in vanishing borders of urban local government finance due to uncertain local tax and expenditure regimes. It analyzes the global developments with illustrations from state budgetary operations of the Indian federation. This trend has gained momentum due to concentration of population in cities and big towns as a consequence of globalization, leading to enhanced environmental vulnerability due to climate change. Expanding expenditure needs have not been corresponded by revenue regimes and transfers. Moreover, involving corporate sector in local area preference initiatives through mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an interesting development. It is expected to work as a local fiscal additionality to supplement locally provided civic and infrastructure services. This additionality may also evolve into public private partnerships at the local level. Such development however has the potential of displacing local government operations. The focus of the book hinges around critically examining setbacks to fiscal decentralization and challenges in improving the status of urban local finances to enhance fiscal autonomy of these governments, particularly in Indian scenario. The book also explores the possibility of an expanded role of local fiscal policy in the context of globalization and climate change, besides addressing the conventional responsibilities with respect to quality of civic services.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Background and Emerging Challenges.- Chapter 2: Theory of Fiscal Federalism and Local Fiscal Domain.- Chapter 3: Fiscal Decentralization and Local Area Corporate Social Responsibility.- Chapter 4: Globalization, Climate Change and Changing Face of Urban Public Finance.- Chapter 5: Undermining Conventional User Charges.- Chapter 6: Grants in Aid and Bailouts in Municipal Finance.- Chapter 7: Off Budget Activities and Autonomous Specific Purpose Boards.- Chapter 8: Institutional Constraints on Local Fiscal Mobilisation.- Chapter 9: Limitations of Environmental Federalism: State vs Local Expenditure.- Chapter 10: Potential Local Taxes and Prospects for Municipal Bonds.- Chapter 11: Summary and Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book is novel in that it reveals significant issues of economics, management and business fields currently observed in network industries such as public utilities and transportation, and provides empirical evidence of their mechanisms and policy implications from various perspectives. This is a holistic collection of literature on public utilities economics and management, since the industries discussed include a wide range such as electricity, water supply, sewerage, transport, and postal service, which compound social infrastructure as public benefit service, and the issues examined contain not only economics topics such as cost, efficiency, and productivity, but also management topics such as governance, strategy and organizational restructuring. The book also investigates general private companies to derive future implications for policy and governance of public utilities, and covers multiple countries such as Japan, the US, and Vietnam. It demonstrates various empirical approaches and methodologies for public utility analysis through 17 chapters by experts in each field, which contributes to further cultivation of empirical studies in public utilities.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- An Analysis of the Effect of Demand Response on Electricity Consumption: Assessing Households’ Heterogeneous Reaction to Dynamic Pricing.- Estimation of Tap Water Demand in Japan: A Panel Data Analysis.- Economies of Scale and Consolidation Effects in the Japanese Sewerage Industry.- Productivity Measurement and Decomposition of Total Factor Productivity in Japan’s Postal and Parcel Delivery Industry.- Preferential Slot Allocation for LCCs at a Congested Airport, and Airfare: The Case of Haneda Airport in Tokyo.- The Impact of Airport Concession on Technical Efficiency: Evidence from Major Airports in Japan.- Travel-Based Multitasking in Japan between 2001 and 2016: Descriptive Analysis.- Understanding the Relationship between Daily Travel and Long-term Subjective Well-being.- The Relationship between Bicycle Accidents and Urban Structure in Cities in Japan.- Brand Strategy in Airline Mergers: Simulation Examples with Delta and North-west.- The Impact of Cooperation on the Multimarket Contact Effect in the U.S. Airline Industry.- The Japanese Sewerage Industry: Institutional Aspects and the Governance Systems.- Evaluating the Institutional Reforms and Private Participation in Japanese Container Ports - Evidence from Multi-Stage DEA Analysis.- Industrial Structure Change and Corporate Strategy: The Case of the Japanese Apparel Industry.- Effects of Sustainable Development Goals Engagement on Profit in Public Utilities: Comparison with General Private Companies.- The Relationship among Corporate Social Responsibility, Network Cooperation, Green Innovation, Environmental Performance and Firm Performance: Evidences in Viet Nam

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Book SynopsisIn this work titled, It Can Be Done in Government: An Approach for Improving Efficiency in the Public Sector, 2nd Edition, we attempt to provide a roadmap describing a simple approach for improving processes using teams. This book is ideal for process improvement initiatives, academic institutions, organizational change practitioners, public entities, and administrators and leaders seeking a practical approach for the promotion and implementation of organizational effectiveness. Throughout this handbook, the term process refers to a series of steps that create a product or service. Processes are different from projects. Projects have a beginning and an end. Processes are ongoing, cyclical, and rarely operate in isolation. They connect to or impact many other processes. An approach to improve these processes is the focus of this book.As a public sector leader, you are encouraged, more often than not, to have an external perspective looking outside, looking long term. You are told to keep your eyes on the horizon, spend time figuring out what the public or the customer wants, to pay attention to what other similar organizations are doing, build external partnerships, network, and analyze both the external opportunities and threats. The truth is, however, the leaders and organizations that stand out are those who, contrary to this traditional approach, aggressively look internally, with a balance, more likely, of 80% internal and 20% external, particularly within the public sector.

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Book SynopsisIn this work titled, It Can Be Done in Government: An Approach for Improving Efficiency in the Public Sector, 2nd Edition, we attempt to provide a roadmap describing a simple approach for improving processes using teams. This book is ideal for process improvement initiatives, academic institutions, organizational change practitioners, public entities, and administrators and leaders seeking a practical approach for the promotion and implementation of organizational effectiveness. Throughout this handbook, the term process refers to a series of steps that create a product or service. Processes are different from projects. Projects have a beginning and an end. Processes are ongoing, cyclical, and rarely operate in isolation. They connect to or impact many other processes. An approach to improve these processes is the focus of this book.As a public sector leader, you are encouraged, more often than not, to have an external perspective looking outside, looking long term. You are told to keep your eyes on the horizon, spend time figuring out what the public or the customer wants, to pay attention to what other similar organizations are doing, build external partnerships, network, and analyze both the external opportunities and threats. The truth is, however, the leaders and organizations that stand out are those who, contrary to this traditional approach, aggressively look internally, with a balance, more likely, of 80% internal and 20% external, particularly within the public sector.

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