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Public Economics and Public Choice

Contributions in Honor of Charles B. Blankart

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  1. Pio Baake

    1. Informationsgesellschaft und Wettbewerb, DIW Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  2. Rainald Borck

    1. Department of Economics, University of Munich, München, Germany

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Rights and Wrongs

    • Dennis C. Mueller
    Pages 1-18

  3. Public Choice and New Institutional Economics

    • Christian Kirchner
    Pages 19-37

  4. The Machiavelli Program and the Dirty Hands Problem

    • Manfred J. Holler
    Pages 39-62

  5. Esteem, Norms of Participation and Public Goods Supply

    • Geoffrey Brennan, Michael Brooks
    Pages 63-80

  6. Fairness, Rights, and Language Rights: On the Fair Treatment of Linguistic Minorities

    • Bengt-Arne Wickström
    Pages 81-101

  7. Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth

    • Lars P. Feld, Horst Zimmermann, Thomas Döring
    Pages 103-133

  8. Government Bankruptcy and Inflation

    • Peter Bernholz
    Pages 135-145

  9. Political Support for Tax Complexity: A Simple Model

    • Pio Baake, Rainald Borck
    Pages 147-156

  10. Does the Shadow Economy Pose a Challenge to Economic and Public Finance Policy? - Some Preliminary Findings

    • Friedrich Schneider
    Pages 157-180

  11. The Rankings and Evaluations Mania

    • Bruno S. Frey
    Pages 181-192

  12. University Education as Welfare?

    • Roland Vaubel
    Pages 193-199

  13. The Economics of Environmental Liability Law — A Dynamic View

    • Alfred Endres, Regina Bertram, Bianca Rundshagen
    Pages 201-219

  14. On the Efficiency of a Public Insurance Monopoly: The Case of Housing Insurance in Switzerland

    • Gebhard Kirchgässner
    Pages 221-242

  15. A Note on David Hansemann as a Precursor of Chadwick and Demsetz

    • Bernhard Wieland
    Pages 243-255

  16. ‘Stepping Stones’ and ‘Access Holidays’: The Fallacies of Regulatory Micro-Management

    • Günter Knieps, Patrick Zenhäusern
    Pages 257-277

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 279-280
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About this book

This volume collects essays in honor of Charles Beat Blankart on the oc- th sion of his 65 birthday. Blankart's research is mainly in the area of public finance and public choice. He is also known for his interest in real world problems and intellectual curiosity. These features seem to be well c- veyed by the contributions. Born in Switzerland, Blankart completed his Ph. D. in Basel before moving to Germany. The typically Swiss perspective on individual freedom, h- ever, has remained with him. Blankart has taught at the Free University of Berlin, the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, Technical University and Humboldt University in Berlin. Throughout his prof- sional positions, Blankart has contributed to various fields, including p- lic finance, public choice, federalism and industrial organization and re- lation. He has left significant marks in these fields, emphasizing throughout how incentives shape the behaviour of individuals, be it in markets or in government. For example, his best selling textbook - fentliche Finanzen in der Demokratie, is unique in bringing a unified p- spective to the study of public finance, treating politicians as ordinary self interested individuals and doing largely away with the benevolent welfare maximizing social planner.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Informationsgesellschaft und Wettbewerb, DIW Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Pio Baake

  • Department of Economics, University of Munich, München, Germany

    Rainald Borck

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Public Economics and Public Choice

  • Book Subtitle: Contributions in Honor of Charles B. Blankart

  • Editors: Pio Baake, Rainald Borck

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72782-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-72781-1Published: 12 July 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09187-2Published: 15 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-72782-8Published: 30 June 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 280

  • Topics: Public Economics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

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