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Markets and Politicians
Arye L. Hillman There has been much economic theorizing directed at providing the politician with guidance in the design of policies that will amend market outcomes in ways that achieve specified efficiency or equity objectives. It has been common practice in economic models to portray the politician who implements the policy recommendations as a mechanistic individual who behaves as would a benevolent dictator to maximize a prespecified conception of social welfare or the utility of a representative consumer. The self-interest and discretion that is attributed to firms and consumers as optimizing agents is absent from the motives of such a politician. Economic policy choice is thereby depol...
Comparative Economic Systems: v. 1
This book focuses on advanced market capitalism that examines the economies of the United States, Japan, France, Sweden, and Germany. It represents an effort to analyze and understand economic systems by using the standard principles of supply, demand, and cost analysis, along with property rights.
Mineral Wealth and Economic Development
Over the last several decades, many low-income mineral exporting countries have seen their per capita income decline or their standard of living stagnate. In this title, prominent analysts identify reasons behind the distressing economic performance of these countries including ineffective public policies, political misuse of mineral rents, and the deleterious effects of economic nationalism on the foreign investment climate in developing countries. Originally published in 1992, this title remains relevant for students interested in environmental studies and public policy.
World Metal Demand
In the early 1970s, the post-World War II boom in world metal consumption came to a halt. As time passed, it became clear that what many first thought to be a cyclical downturn was instead a long-term, substantial decline in world metal demand. In this volume, first published in 1990, editor John E. Tilton and four fellow scholars of mineral economics analyse the causes and consequences of this decline and the prospects for future growth in world metal demand. This book will be of interest to students of business and environmental studies.
Opening up Hungary to the World Market
This book describes the opening of the Hungarian economy from the early This book describes the opening of the Hungarian economy from the early1980s to the current transition. It analyses the management of external debt and international competitiveness, and shows that the dismal economic performance of the country was only partially homemade. Assurances by the international financial community - that uninterrupted debt service would guarantee access to international capital markets - as well as protectionist western trade practices contributed considerably to Hungary's difficulties in credit management and export performance.
Kazakhstan Industrial & Business Directory Volume 1 Strategic Information and Contacts
2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Kazakhstan Industrial and Business Directory
Slovak Republic--joining the EU
Annotation This study suggests an 11-point agenda for immediate policy action and a longer-term overhaul of major spending programs in the areas of education, health and social protection.
Power Market Structure
This study proposes a novel analytical approach for modeling market structures of the power sector, presenting evidence from statistical analysis and a sample of twenty case studies.
Revisiting Public-Private Partnerships in the Power Sector
Public private partnerships (PPPs) could play a big role. This report reviews the evidence to date and considers different help outline the relevance of establishing appropriate legal, regulatory, contractual, and fiscal frameworks; and improving market governance to attract private investment in the power sector.
