Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History Volume 1 /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hall, Joshua (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Witcher, Marcus (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Studies in Public Choice, 35
• Θέματα: Welfare economics.; Economic history.; Economic policy.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.; Economic History.; Economic Policy.

This book - the first of two volumes- looks at episodes in American economic history from a public choice perspective. Each chapter discusses citizens, special interests, and government officials responding to economic incentives in both markets and politics. In doing so, the book provides fresh ins...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1: British Public Debt, the Acadian Expulsion and the American Revolution
• Chapter 2: North-South Alliances During the Drafting of the Constitution: The Costs of Compromise
• Chapter 3: A Paradox of Secessionism: The Political Economy of Slave Enforcement and the Union
• Chapter 4: Why is there a Ratchet Effect? Evidence from Civil War Income Taxes
• Chapter 5: Who Did Protective Legislation Protect? Evidence from 1880
• Chapter 6: Political Selection of Federal Reserve Bank Cities
• Chapter 7: Demand for Private and State-Provided Health Insurance in the 1910s: Evidence from California
• Chapter 8: What Determines the Allocation of National Government Grants to the States? .