Coyote ugly: the deadweight cost of rent seeking for immigration policy
In: Public choice, Band 150, Heft 1-2, S. 195-208
ISSN: 1573-7101
In: Public choice, Band 150, Heft 1-2, S. 195-208
ISSN: 1573-7101
In: Public choice, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 287-305
ISSN: 1573-7101
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 117, S. 106077
ISSN: 0264-8377
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 58, S. 491-501
ISSN: 0264-8377
In: https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-w733-7g66
Seemingly Pareto-improving reforms face more opposition than they should. In earlier work, I presented an explanation: voters correctly saw reforms as part of a long-term dynamic game, and they correctly saw how the reform affected outcomes (e.g., by affecting beliefs or coalition formation). Recent advances in behavioral economics derived from insights from sociology emphasize preference endogeneity, noting that beliefs are affected by those of others with whom one identifies and need not be consistent with rationality, as conventionally defined. Thus, individuals may have beliefs about the economic system that differ from those of economists. People may support policies which economists' analyses suggest are contrary to their interests because they believe these policies advance their interests. Based on previous analyses of the causes of these seeming perversities, I show how economists can modify policy proposals in ways that enhance likelihood of support, e.g., with contingent provisions which are operative in the states of the world that economists know (believe) are unlikely to occur, but which enhance the wellbeing of individuals with such beliefs in those states. Those selling products that are adverse to one's health have learned how to persuade customers to buy them. Likewise, politicians who are selling policies that are adverse to society's wellbeing have learned how to market their ideas. Economists will similarly have to learn how to persuade citizens of the desirability of the evidence- and theory-based policies that they advocate.
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Existing research on exceptionalism in foreign policy suggests a number of confrontational features making it a threat to peaceful international relations. Largely based on US and European cases, and hardly ever taking a comparative approach, this literature overlooks a variety of exceptionalisms in non-Western countries, including so called "rising powers" such as China and India. A comparison between exceptionalist foreign policy discourses of the United States, China, India, and Turkey shows that exceptionalism is neither exclusive to the United States, nor a "new" phenomenon within rising powers, nor necessarily confrontational, unilateralist, or exemptionalist. As a prerequisite for comparative work, we establish two features common to all exceptionalist foreign policy discourses. In essence, such discourses are informed by supposedly universal values derived from a particular civilization heritage or political history. In order to systematize different versions of exceptionalism, we then propose four ideal types, each of which reflects exceptionalism's common trait of a claim to moral superiority and uniqueness but diverges across other important dimensions, with implications for its potentially offensive character. The article concludes by formulating a research agenda for future comparative work on exceptionalist foreign policy discourses and their repercussions for great power relations and global politics.
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In: Policy & politics, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 119-134
ISSN: 1470-8442
This paper examines the Housing Corporation's stress area investment policy, which attempts to tackle multiple deprivation through housing instruments. Doubts are expressed about the theoretical underpinning of the policy's approach, and about the lack of appropriate output measures. In addition, the political factors influencing the detailed construction and manipulation of the policy, the methodological problems involved in trying to operationalise it, and the difficulties which inhibit its implementation are described. Finally, the circumstances of the stress area policy are related to the Housing Corporation's position as a Non Departmental Public Body, and a solution of regional Housing Corporations is suggested.
In: Health and human rights, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 92-119
ISSN: 1079-0969
In: Études internationales: revue trimestrielle, Band 23, Heft 2, S. 395-444
ISSN: 0014-2123
HOW, IN KEEPING WITH THE OVERALL LOGIC OF ITS AID POLICY, CANADA'S PARTICIAPTION IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HAS RESULTED FROM A MANY-SIDED CONFIGUARATION OF POLITICAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS IS SHOWN IN THIS PAPER. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE FINDS ITS JUSTIFICATION IN THE FACT THAT BY FOCUSING MAINLY ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, THE LITERATURE ON CANADAIN AID HAS LARGLEY NEGLECTED THE STUDY OF THE MANY CHANNELS FOR DISTRIBUTING MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.
In: Chinese public administration review, Band 3, Heft 3/4, S. 71
ISSN: 1539-6754
We explain the recruiting and promoting system for high-level Japanese government officials showing the trend of numbers of applicants for the recruitment examination, those who passed the examination, and also those who were employed by some ministries in the last 17 years. We describe the major characteristics of the promotion system for Japanese government officials. Educating and training Japanese government officials in the area of policy studies have been conducted in both university schools, governmental training centers, governmental schools and colleges. An education and training system for government officials needs to be developed so that each government official is equipped with a certain specialty and expertise. A formal system for evaluating individuals and programs has not been common in Japan, especially for evaluating individual work and contribution. We need to "invent" an evaluation system that will make the government officials' decision-making system work more efficiently. Public and private universities, in particular, have been very active in creating many policy-related schools and departments in the last 20 years. Policy studies, which have been conducted in various schools in the university and government research institutes, are described in detail with their objectives, curriculums, and requirements.
Great progress has been made in recent years in securing better access and financial protection against the cost of illness through collective financing of health care. Managing scarce resources effectively and efficiently is an important part of this story. Experience has shown that, without strategic policies and focused spending, the poor are likely to get left out. The use of purchasing to enhance public sector performance is well-documented in other sectors. Extension to the health sector of lessons from this experience is now successfully implemented in many developing countries. Public
In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Band 95, Heft 3, S. 590-605
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In: National identities, Band 14, Heft 4, S. 387-402
ISSN: 1469-9907
In: IDS bulletin, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 76-83
ISSN: 0265-5012, 0308-5872
In: Public works management & policy: a journal for the American Public Works Association, Band 25, Heft 4, S. 341-364
ISSN: 1552-7549
A trillion dollars in Interstate highway improvement and modernization work has been deferred due to lack of funding. More than half of Interstate and other freeway and expressway lane miles are classified as urban. Therefore, one approach that could be considered to generate needed revenue for freeway improvements in urban areas is implementing congestion-based tolls on freeways during peak periods when they are congested. Such an approach has been implemented in the Washington, DC metro area, on the I-66 freeway inside the Capital Beltway in Northern Virginia. This article demonstrates how an analyst may estimate the financial and economic benefits of a concept involving imposition of congestion-based tolls on the entire urban freeway network, during peak periods only, in conjunction with transit service improvements using automated transit vehicles. Furthermore, the article evaluates potential benefits from using a public–private partnership for implementation of the concept.