Public sector economics and the need for reforms /

Theoretically and empirically informed studies on the role and efficiency of the public sector, public wage and employment policy, privatization, tax policy, and fiscal sustainability.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Philippopoulos, Apostolis (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2016
Series:CESifo seminar series.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Series foreword
  • Public sector economics and the need for public sector reforms : taking stock and an introduction to the volume / Apostolis Philippopoulos
  • Reforming public service provision : what have we learned? / Peter Birch SÃ̦rensen
  • Public wage and employment policy
  • Reforming the public sector's wage policy / Pedro Gomes
  • Incentives to work and performance in the public sector / George Economides, Apostolis Philippopoulos, and Petros Varthalitis
  • The role of international institutions
  • World Bank policy lending for public sector reform / Lodewijk Smets
  • External constraints matter for privatization / Ilaria Petrarca and Roberto Ricciuti
  • Issues in public policy and public finance
  • Optimal progressive taxation in a model with endogenous skill supply / Konstantinos Angelopoulos, Stylianos Asimakopoulos, and James Malley
  • Measuring public sector performance : a four quadrants model to monitor local governments' efficiency / Francesco Porcelli, Danilo Ballanti, Roberto Dispotico, and Francesco Vidoli
  • Fiscal policy sustainability in the euro periphery : a non-linear analysis / Roberto A. De Santis, Gabriella Legrenzi, and Costas Milas
  • Contributors
  • Index.