Institutions and Incentives in Public Policy

Rosolino A. Candela; Rosemarie Fike; Roberta Herzberg

doi:10.5771/9781538160947

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-6093-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-6094-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 298
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. 1. Figures No access
  2. Tables No access
3. Introduction No access
1. 1. “Exigencies of an Earlier Era”: Formation of the U.S. School System and the Dawn of the Centropoly No access
  2. The Early Influences: Religions, Wars, and the Beginning of a Centralized Structure No access
  3. Centripetal Forces Appear: Uniformity and the Power of Progressive Ideas No access
  4. Centropoly, Segregation, and Systematic Inequity No access
  5. Dysfunctional Reform for the Disadvantaged: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) No access
  6. The Original Act and Its Amendments No access
  7. No Child Left Behind Act: ESEA Change in Federal Intervention No access
  8. ESEA: Connections to Government Growth and Centralization No access
  9. The Educational Condition of Disadvantaged Students No access
  10. Why the ESEA Reforms Failed: A Public Choice Explanation No access
  11. Notes No access
  12. References No access
2. 1. Literature Review No access
  2. Modeling the Policy No access
  3. Little Rock Central High School No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. References No access
1. 1. Wrongful Convictions and Hayek No access
  2. Arguments for and against Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statutes No access
  3. Types of Compensation Schemes for the Wrongfully Convicted No access
  4. Hayek Discussion: Individual Responsibility, the “Knowledge” Problem, and Collective versus General Interests No access
  5. Public Choice and Austrian Economics: Knowledge and the Relationship between Incentives and Outcomes No access
  6. Concluding Remarks and Potential Areas for Further Research No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. References No access
2. 1. Background No access
  2. Literature Review No access
  3. Competition, Prices, and the Knowledge Problem No access
  4. Budgeting, Public Choice, and Rent-Seeking Behavior No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. References No access
3. 1. Background No access
  2. The Morris Plan in Action No access
  3. The Morris Plan Grows Up in Virginia No access
  4. References No access
1. 1. Theory No access
  2. The “Closing Space” Argument No access
  3. Research Design No access
  4. Findings and Implications No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Appendix No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. References No access
1. 1. Literature Review No access
  2. Catch-22 for Private Cities: The Experience of Lavasa No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. References No access
2. 1. Theoretical Background No access
  2. The Context—Politics and Governance in Nigeria No access
  3. Service Delivery in Nigeria No access
  4. Different Producers of Goods and Services in Nigeria No access
  5. Political Implications of State and Non-State Providers No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. References No access
1. 1. EJ: The Conventional View as Specialist Knowledge No access
  2. The Knowledge Problem, Natural Disasters, and Incentives No access
  3. The Knowledge Problem, Political Behavior, and Environmental (In)Justice: The Case of Hurricane Katrina No access
  4. Summary and Future Research Possibilities No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. References No access
2. 1. Why a Meat Tax? No access
  2. Meat Consumption as a Negative Externality No access
  3. Even If an Externality Exists, Why Use a Tax? No access
  4. Welfare Effects No access
  5. Regulatory Capture in the Meat Industry No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. References No access
3. 1. Institutional Types of U.S. Herbaria No access
  2. Methods No access
  3. Results and Discussion No access
  4. Staff at Larger and More Diverse Herbaria Publish More Research Articles No access
  5. Conclusions No access
  6. Note No access
  7. References No access
1. 1. Literature Review No access
  2. Asset Specificity Factors No access
  3. Application of Theory No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. References No access
Index No access Pages 287 - 296
About the Contributors No access Pages 297 - 298