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What is wrong with public choice.
- Source :
- Journal of Post Keynesian Economics; Fall2004, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p3-18, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Three problems plague the public choice perspective. First, it cannot explain why people vote, changes in voting behavior, or the actual votes of people. Second, public choice cannot predict the behavior of politicians. It cannot help us understand the sorts of people who run for public office, why candidates run for office promising less government, nor help us understand the actual votes cast by elected politicians. Finally, evidence about the growth of government runs counter to the claims of the public choice school. The paper concludes with some suggestions about how and why public choice has gone wrong. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- VOTING
SOCIAL choice
BEHAVIOR
POLITICIANS
PRACTICAL politics
POLITICAL participation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01603477
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Post Keynesian Economics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14636771