TY - GEN AU - Besley,Timothy TI - Principled agents?: The political economy of good government SN - 9780199283910 (pbk.) AV - JF1351 .B47 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Motivation (Psychology) KW - Kamu verimliliği KW - etuturkob KW - Government productivity KW - Kamu yönetimi KW - Güdüleme (Psikoloji) KW - Politik bilimler KW - Policy sciences KW - Public administration KW - Agent (Philosophy) KW - Etmen (Felsefe) N1 - Originally published: 2006; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1 COMPETING VIEWS OF GOVERNMENT; The issues; This book; Background; Economic Policy Making; Political Economy; Incentives and Selection in Politics; Concluding Comments; 2 THE ANATOMY OF GOVERNMENT FAILURE; Introduction; Three Notions of Government Failure; The Basic Model; Government Failure; Democratic Political Failures; A Dynamic Model; Government Failure in the Dynamic Model; Responses to Political Failure; Concluding Comments; 3 POLITICAL AGENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY; Introduction; Elements of Political Agency Models; The Baseline Model; Extensions; Discussion; Concluding Comments; 4 POLITICAL AGENCY AND PUBLIC FINANCE; Introduction; The Model; Three Scenarios; Implications; Restraining Government; Debt and Deficits; Governments versus NGOs; Competence; Conclusions ER -