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Politicians, Legislation, and the Economy R.E. McCormick

Politicians, Legislation, and the Economy By R.E. McCormick

Politicians, Legislation, and the Economy by R.E. McCormick


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Politicians, Legislation, and the Economy: An Inquiry into the Interest-Group Theory of Government by R.E. McCormick

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Table of Contents

1 Analyzing Government.- Two Approaches to Analyzing Government.- The Interest-Group Theory of Government.- Plan of the Study.- Notes.- 2 Questions to be Answered.- Wealth Transfers and Organization Costs.- The Market for Wealth Transfers.- What This Analysis Is Not About.- What This Analysis Is About.- Summary.- Appendix: Heterogeneity Begets Wealth Redistribution.- Notes.- 3 The Demand and Supply of Wealth Transfers.- Maximizing the Returns from Legislation in a Bicameral.- Vote Market.- Empirical Evidence from State Legislatures.- Summary.- Notes.- 4 Legislatures as Wage Cartels.- Theory and Preliminary Implications.- A Test of Relative Wage Implications.- Wage Pay and Malfeasance.- Summary.- Notes.- 5 The Outside Earnings of Politicians.- The Market for Legislators.- Empirical Evidence from State Legislatures.- Low Wage Pay as an Entry Barrier in Politics.- Summary.- Notes.- 6 The Supply of Majority Leadership.- Competition for Majority Leadership.- Empirical Evidence from State Legislatures.- Summary.- Notes.- 7 The Determinants of Executive Branch Compensation.- Gubernatorial Compensation.- The Question of Malfeasance.- Summary.- Notes.- 8 Summary, Conclusions, and Future Directions.- Notes.- Name Index.

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NPB9780898380583
9780898380583
0898380588
Politicians, Legislation, and the Economy: An Inquiry into the Interest-Group Theory of Government by R.E. McCormick
New
Hardback
Kluwer Academic Publishers
1981-05-31
124
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