Private Markets and Public Intervention
eBook - PDF

Private Markets and Public Intervention

A Primer for Policy Designers

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Private Markets and Public Intervention

A Primer for Policy Designers

About this book

Averch describes and analyzes common strategies for solving problems in public policy. The strategies discussed include the use of markets, bureaus, regulation, planning and budgeting, benefit-cost, systems analysis, and evaluation. He examines the historical development of each strategy; describes how each strategy would ideally work; explains the necessary or sufficient conditions that permit each strategy to work; lists the potential failures of each strategy; and provides a judgment or appraisal of each strategy.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1, Introduction
  4. 2. Appraisal of Strategies
  5. 3. The Roles of Markets
  6. 4. The Microeconomics of Business
  7. 5. Bureaucratic Failure
  8. 6. Regulation
  9. 7. Planning and Budgeting Systems
  10. 8. Benefit-Cost Analysis
  11. 9. Cost-Effectiveness and Systems Analysis
  12. 10. Demonstration, Experiment, and Evaluation
  13. 11. Summary adn Conclusions
  14. Notes
  15. References
  16. Index

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