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The economics of transparency in politics
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The economics of transparency in politics

Author: Albert Breton; et al
Publisher: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Aims to formulate economic models of the advantages and costs of transparency in various areas of public sector activity and to assess what level of obfuscation in politics is rational. This work  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Albert Breton; et al
ISBN: 9780754649335 0754649334
OCLC Number: 71812698
Description: vi, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Acquiescence to opacity / Pierre Salmon and Alain Wolfelsperger --
Citizens' knowledge, politicians' duplicity / Russell Hardin --
Transparency and efficiency / Albert Breton --
The artist as a secret agent : liberalism against populism / Manfred J. Holler --
Jihad vs. McWorld : a rational choice approach / Ronald Wintrobe --
Invisible feet and grabbing hands : the political economy of corruption and welfare / Johann Lambsdorff --
Information, corruption, and measures for the promotion of manufactured exports / Glenn P. Jenkins and Chun-Yan Kuo --
Cases for and against transparency/obfuscation in intergovernmental relations / Giorgio Brosio --
Transparency in the budget process of a bureaucratic organization : a principal-agent model of budgeting / Louis M. Imbeau --
Redistribution, decentralization, and constitutional rules / Federico Etro and Piero Giarda.
Responsibility: edited by Albert Breton ... [et al.].
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