Political Economy for Public Policy - Ethan Bueno de Mesquita

  • POLITICAL ECONOMY FOR PUBLIC POLICY. Ethan Bueno de Mesquita.
  • Summary of Contents:
    • Part I: Normative Foundations.
    • Part II: Social Dilemmas.
    • Part III: Constraints on Good Governance.
    • Part IV: Appendices on Game Theory.
  • Part I - Normative Foundations:
    • What are the proper goals of public policy?
    • How to determine the public interest if we can’t agree on a normative framework?
    • Define a notion of the public interest that is arguably uncontroversial.
  • Policy Applications:
    • Cap-and-Trade vs. Carbon Tax.
    • Charter Schools.
    • Time Discounting, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Intergenerational Equity.
    • NAFTA.
    • Trade Adjustment Assistance.
    • Stem Cell Research.
    • Antibiotic Resistance.
    • Interstate Highways and Urban Revitalization.
    • Space Debris.
    • Grand Banks Fishery.
    • Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
    • Overlapping Jurisdictions.
    • Norms, Self-Regulation, and Water Use.
    • Tennessee Valley Authority and Agglomeration Economies.
    • Accounting Standards and Financial Harmonization.
    • Automobile Safety Regulation in the United States and Europe.
    • Foot Binding.
    • Bank Runs and Deposit Insurance.
    • Argentine Nationalization of YPF.
    • IRA Weapons Decommissioning and the Good Friday Agreement.
    • Yugoslav Civil War.
    • Protection of Local Dealerships.
    • CAFE Standards.
    • Welfare to Work.
    • Pell Grants and College Affordability.
    • Airport Security.
    • Operation Swordfish and the Mexican Drug War.
    • No Child Left Behind.
    • HealthCare.gov.
    • Global Financial Crisis and the EU Bailout of Greece.
    • Negotiating with Terrorists.
    • Public Sector Pensions.
    • Workfare.
    • Off-Cycle Elections.
    • Campaign Finance and the Tullock Paradox.
    • Term Limits.
    • School Boards, Testing, and Electoral Accountability.
    • Leopold II in Belgium and the Congo Free State.
    • Foreign Aid.