The Political Economy of Public Administration: Institutional Choice in the Public Sector (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521484367)

This book uses a transactions cost approach to explain the key institutional characteristics across the public sector. It defines the distinctive governance, financing and employment arrangements that characterize the common forms of public sector organization: the regulatory commission, the executive tax-financed bureau and the state-owned enterprise. It suggests why these forms are used to perform different administrative functions, and why legislators often leave very important decisions to be resolved at the administrative level.

Author: Murray J. Horn
ISBN-10: 0521484367
ISBN-13: 9780521484367
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/24/1995
Pages: 276
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.66d