Endogenous Public Policy and Contests

By Gil S. Epstein, Shmuel Nitzan, Gil S Epstein

Book Overview

The Basic Contest.- The Policy Contest.- Contest Rationalization ? Microfoundations.- The Extended Contest: With Government.- Endogenous Public Policy.- Culture, Politicization and Relative Rent Dissipation.- Lobbying and Compromise.- The Policy Effect.- Effort and Performance.- Prizes (Size and Distribution) and Efforts.- Asymmetry and Corrective Public Policy.- The Extended Contest: Without Government.- The Social Cost of Rent Seeking when Consumer Opposition Influences Monopoly Behavior.- Strategic Restraint.- Applications.- Monopoly-price Determination.- Privatization.- Migration Policy.- Minimum Wage.- Tournaments.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642091393
• ISBN13: 9783642091391
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"