[PDF] Policy Analysis And Economics eBook

Author : Antonio Merlo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 30,65 MB
Release : 2018-11-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0429954492

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Most of economics takes politics for granted. Through some (often implausible) assumptions, it seeks to explain away political structures by characterizing them as stable and predictable or as inconsequential in understanding what goes on in an economy. Such attempts are misguided, and this book shows how governments and political institutions are composed of people who respond to incentives and whose behavior and choices can be studied through the lens of economics. This book aims to bridge the gap between economics and politics, and in doing so hopes to instill in the reader a deeper appreciation for social scientific thinking. Opening with a refresher on microeconomics and an introduction to the toolkit of political economy, it ensures that the necessary building blocks are in place before building up from the level of the individual and the firm to show how a political–economic equilibrium can be achieved. The text explores how to separate primitives—the external parts of a model that we cannot affect—from outcomes—the internal parts of a model that we can. Moreover, it demonstrates that economic and political issues alike can be studied within the same general framework of analysis. Political Economy and Policy Analysis offers readers the chance to gain a more sophisticated understanding of political processes, economic processes, and the interplay among them. Adopting an applied microeconomics approach, it will be ideal for upper-level undergraduate or postgraduate courses on political economy, public choice, or policy analysis. A complementary workbook with exercises and solutions that accompanies Political Economy and Policy Analysis is available for download under the eResources tab at: https://www.routledge.com/Political-Economy-and-Policy-Analysis/Merlo/p/book/9781138591783.

Author : Julie Schaffner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 30,51 MB
Release : 2013-10-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0470599391

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Development Economics: Theory, Empirical Research, and Policy Analysis by Julie Schaffner teaches students to think about development in a way that is disciplined by economic theory, informed by cutting-edge empirical research, and connected in a practical way to contemporary development efforts. It lays out a framework for the study of developing economies that is built on microeconomic foundations and that highlights the importance in development studies of transaction and transportation costs, risk, information problems, institutional rules and norms, and insights from behavioral economics. It then presents a systematic approach to policy analysis and applies the approach to policies from around the world, in the areas of targeted transfers, workfare, agricultural markets, infrastructure, education, agricultural technology, microfinance, and health.

Author : Regina Trevino
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 16,24 MB
Release : 2020-07-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781733331647

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Essentials of Business Economics is an introduction to modern microeconomic theory. The book lays the foundation required to understand how economic and policy analysis techniques are used to make sound managerial decisions. The presentation of the material is rigorous yet intuitive, to-the-point, and reader-friendly. The self-contained nature of the book makes it an ideal resource for accelerated and distance-learning undergraduate and MBA level microeconomics and managerial economics courses.

Author : Peter Dixon
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 23,41 MB
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9811233640

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This volume honors the extraordinary career of Thomas Hertel. It also celebrates the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) by Prof. Hertel. All of those contributing to this volume, including Prof. Hertel's students and colleagues, have benefitted in some ways from the selfless professional generosity and dedication to scientific public goods that have been hallmarks of his career.The book examines the history of the GTAP project, the scientific contributions of Prof. Hertel, and the general application of computational modeling to global economic policy analysis. The applications in the volume, reflecting the broad contributions made by the GTAP community to global policy analysis, range from the impact of globalization on employment to the sustainability impacts of economic integration.

Author : G. Cornelis van Kooten
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 50,90 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 1487524099

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This textbook integrates three related fields in economics, namely agricultural/forestry economics, environmental economics, and international trade, by foregrounding cost-benefit analysis as a significant policy tool. Exploring how welfare measures can be used in the analysis of agricultural, trade, and other economic policies, Applied Welfare Economics, Trade, and Agricultural Policy Analysis fills a gap in the literature on agricultural policy analysis by explaining the economic efficiency improvements and income transfers of various agricultural policy reforms in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. G. Cornelis van Kooten addresses methods of identifying and measuring economic surpluses (costs and benefits), the precautionary principle, identification of an appropriate discount rate, the importance of non-market values, and the role of agriculture in trade negotiations and climate change. Applied Welfare Economics, Trade, and Agricultural Policy Analysis draws on new research, brings attention to the existing literature, and includes review questions that challenge programming skills. The techniques developed in this text can be applied to the development and reform of agricultural policies in various regions in response to trade negotiations and many other situations involving government policy.

Author : Lee S. Friedman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 12,78 MB
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1400885701

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This book shows, from start to finish, how microeconomics can and should be used in the analysis of public policy problems. It is an exciting new way to learn microeconomics, motivated by its application to important, real-world issues. Lee Friedman's modern replacement for his influential 1984 work not only brings the issues addressed into the present but develops all intermediate microeconomic theory to make this book accessible to a much wider audience. Friedman offers the microeconomic tools necessary to understand policy analysis of a wide range of matters of public concern--including the recent California electricity crisis, welfare reform, public school finance, global warming, health insurance, day care, tax policies, college loans, and mass transit pricing. These issues are scrutinized through microeconomic models that identify policy strengths, weaknesses, and ideas for improvements. Each chapter begins with explanations of several fundamental microeconomic principles and then develops models that use and probe them in analyzing specific public policies. The book has two primary and complementary goals. One is to develop skills of economic policy analysis: to design, predict the effects of, and evaluate public policies. The other is to develop a deep understanding of microeconomics as an analytic tool for application--its strengths and extensions into such advanced techniques as general equilibrium models and pricing methods for natural monopolies and its weaknesses, such as behavioral inconsistencies with utility-maximization models and its limits in comparing institutional alternatives. The result is an invaluable professional and academic reference, one whose clear explanation of principles and analytic techniques, and wealth of constructive applications, will ensure it a prominent place not only on the bookshelves but also on the desks of students and professionals alike.

Author : Eckhard Siggel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 34,28 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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Introduces to the practice of economic policy analysis. Focuses on how to assess change by comparing the conditions before and after a new policy was introduced. Includes case studies from African and Latin American countries.

Author : Gábor Békés
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 741 pages
File Size : 47,69 MB
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108483011

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A comprehensive textbook on data analysis for business, applied economics and public policy that uses case studies with real-world data.

Author : Agnès Bénassy-Quéré
Publisher :
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 13,25 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0190912103

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Concepts -- Issues -- Interdependence -- Fiscal policy -- Monetary policy -- Financial stability -- International financial integration and foreign-exchange policy -- Tax policy -- Growth policies

Author : John M. Levy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 23,4 MB
Release : 1995-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0313390193

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John Levy's text presents microeconomic theory for use in analyzing and formulating public policy. It couples a direct and non-intimidating approach to essential theory with a presentation that is sophisticated at the policy level. It does not attempt to cover the entire body of economic theory, but rather presents those elements of theory most relevant to courses in public economics and public policy in such programs as public administration, policy analysis, health planning, environmental management, urban affairs, and urban planning. The text is divided into two parts. The first introduces basic concepts with an emphasis on their philosophical underpinnings and policy uses; the second consists of six essays on policy-related subjects, selected to make use of concepts presented in the first part. Among the unusual features of the book are the discussion of the tax expenditure concept, benefit cost analysis with numerical example, substantial discussions of the origins and philosophical implications of economic man as a behavioral model, and an entire chapter devoted to public choice.