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Jr. Niskanen
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Budget Output Function
Bureau's Output
Bureaucrat's Tenure
Bureaucratic Supply
Bureaucrat’s Tenure
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Collective Organization
competition in public service delivery
Competitive Industry
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High Demand Groups
Highest Relative Demand
institutional reform strategies
Low Output Levels
Marginal Valuation Function
Minimum Marginal Costs
Minimum Total Costs
Monopoly Bureaus
Negative Net Benefits
Net Benefits
nonprofit firm behavior
Nonprofit Organization
organizational economics
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Per-unit Rate
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Proportional Tax System
Public Administration
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Total Net Benefits
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Product details

  • ISBN 9780202309590
  • Weight: 362g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Mar 2007
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

This is the first book to develop a formal theory of supply by bureaus. Niskanen develops an original and comprehensive theory of the behavior of bureaus with the institutions of representative government. He challenges the traditional view that monopoly bureaus are the best way to organize the public sector, and he suggests ways to use competitive bureaus and private firms to perform operations such as delivering mail, fighting wars, or running schools more efficiently than the present government agencies.

The theory concludes that most bureaus are too large, grow too fast, use too much capital, and exploit their sponsor. His theory explains the relation of the output and budget of a bureau to demand and cost decisions. It compares bureaus with other forms of organization facing like conditions and delineates the production and investment behavior of a bureau, the behavior of nonprofit firms with no sponsor, the behavior of mixed bureaus with financing from a sponsor and from the sale of services, the effects of competition between a bureau and a competitive industry.

The book also develops a simple theory of the market for public services financed through a representative government; the final section suggests a set of changes to improve the performance of our bureaucratic and political institutions, based both on theory and Niskanen's professional experience. It is essential reading for professionals and students in the social sciences and could prove instrumental in reforming some of our government institutions.
About Jr. Niskanen
William A. Niskanen, Jr., is chairman of the Cato Institute. He is a Harvard and Chicago trained economist and has served as director of economics for the Ford Motor Company. A specialist in the analysis of government expenditures and management, Niskanen has served with the RAND Corporation, the Department of Defense, and the Institute for Defense Analysis. He was recently awarded a lifetime professional service award from the University of Chicago.

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