Public Transfers and Some Private Alternatives during the Recession
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Pfaff, M. (Ed.) (1983). Public Transfers and Some Private Alternatives during the Recession. Papers Presented at an International Scientific Conference of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 14.-16.7.1980 in Augsburg. Duncker & Humblot. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-45361-0
Pfaff, Martin. Public Transfers and Some Private Alternatives during the Recession: Papers Presented at an International Scientific Conference of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 14.-16.7.1980 in Augsburg. Duncker & Humblot, 1983. Book. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-45361-0
Pfaff, M (ed.) (1983): Public Transfers and Some Private Alternatives during the Recession: Papers Presented at an International Scientific Conference of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 14.-16.7.1980 in Augsburg, Duncker & Humblot, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-45361-0
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Public Transfers and Some Private Alternatives during the Recession
Papers Presented at an International Scientific Conference of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 14.-16.7.1980 in Augsburg
Editors: Pfaff, Martin
Schriften des Internationalen Instituts für Empirische Sozialökonomie (INIFES), Vol. 7/II
(1983)
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| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREFACE | V | ||
| CONTENTS | VII | ||
| I. INTRODUCTION: OBJECTIVES OF TRANSFER POLICY | 1 | ||
| Martin Pfaff: SOME INTRODUCTORY QUESTIONS | 3 | ||
| Kenneth E. Boulding: EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS: NORMATIVE FOUNDATIONS OF TRANSFER POLICY | 7 | ||
| DISCUSSION: Plenary Session - Efficiency and Effectiveness of Public Transfer Policy in a Period of Inflation and Reduced Growth | 22 | ||
| II. ALTERNATIVE OBJECTIVES AND INSTRUMENTS OF PUBLIC TRANSFER POLICY | 43 | ||
| Robert A. Solo: THE LIBERTARIAN STATE, THE WELFARE STATE, THE POSITIVE STATE | 45 | ||
| Gerhard Kleinhenz: ALTERNATIVES TOWARDS IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE STATE'S TRANSFER POLICY | 56 | ||
| 1. Liberalism and State | 57 | ||
| a) The basic relationships between liberalism , the individual and the state | 57 | ||
| b) Liberalism and economics | 58 | ||
| 2. Sketch of the Historic Evolution of the Ideology of the Liberal State | 59 | ||
| 3. Present Problems of the Liberal Welfare State | 60 | ||
| 4. The Positive State - Outline of a Program | 62 | ||
| Summary | 63 | ||
| Richard A. Musgrave: THE RATIONALE FOR TRANSFER SYSTEMS: ALTERNATIVE PARADIGMS | 65 | ||
| 1. Normative Bases for Transfer Policy | 66 | ||
| a) 2000 Years in Two Pages | 66 | ||
| b) Lockean Entitlement and Voluntary Giving | 67 | ||
| c) Fairness as Maxi-min | 69 | ||
| d) The Utilitarian Base for Maximum Welfare | 71 | ||
| e) Lockean Entitlement as Qualified by Democratic | 71 | ||
| 2. Positive Aspects | 72 | ||
| a) Transfers as Taking | 73 | ||
| b) Scope of Fiscal Transfers | 74 | ||
| Summary | 75 | ||
| Rudolf Hickel: REVIEW OF R. A. MUSGRAVE'S PAPER The Rationale for Transfer Systems : Alternative Paradigms | 76 | ||
| Preface | 76 | ||
| 1. The fundamental problem | 76 | ||
| 2. The dimension of normative paradigms | 80 | ||
| 3. Queries on the normative rules of transfer economics | 83 | ||
| a) The Lockeian acquisition of private property and voluntary giving | 83 | ||
| b) The paradigm "fairness as Maxi-Min" | 85 | ||
| c) The combined paradigm : Locke plus Rawls | 87 | ||
| 4. Elements of a State Theoretical Explication of Transfer Economics | 89 | ||
| Literature | 97 | ||
| Witold Trzeciakowski: COMMENTS | 99 | ||
| Rudolf Kohler: SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION Foundations of Transfer Policy in Political and Economic | 103 | ||
| Michael P. Murray: REAL VERSUS MONETARY TRANSFERS: LESSONS FROM THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | 105 | ||
| 1. | 105 | ||
| 2. | 107 | ||
| 3. | 109 | ||
| 4. | 113 | ||
| Bibliography | 122 | ||
| Werner W. Pommerehne: REAL VERSUS MONETARY TRANSFERS: REFLECTIONS ON SOME LESSONS FROM THE UNITED STATES | 124 | ||
| 1. Multiple In-Kind Transfers Versus Cash Payments | 125 | ||
| 2. Reflections on Some Lessons from the United States | 129 | ||
| References | 132 | ||
| William Vickrey: AGENDA SETTING AND SOCIAL CHOICE | 133 | ||
| Selected Bibliography | 139 | ||
| Zoran JaSic and Pero Jurkovic: SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERBUDGETARY TRANSFERS IN YUGOSLAVIA | 141 | ||
| 1. Introduction | 141 | ||
| 2. Basic Indicators of Interbudgetary Transfers | 143 | ||
| 3. Transfers into less developed Republics and Autonomous Provinces | 144 | ||
| 4. Resources to stimulate more rapid development of the less developed republics and the autonomous province of Kosovo | 145 | ||
| 5. Summary | 148 | ||
| Hans-Jürgen Krupp: COMMENTS | 150 | ||
| III. ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONS AND TYPES OF TRANSFERS | 153 | ||
| Thomas Muller: IS DEREGULATION AN ALTERNATIVE TO PUBLIC TRANSFER POLICY? The Recent USA Experience | 155 | ||
| I. Introduction | 155 | ||
| 1. The Rationale for Regulation | 156 | ||
| a) The Economic Argument | 156 | ||
| b) The Social Argument | 157 | ||
| 2. Background | 157 | ||
| II. Price Effects of Regulation | 159 | ||
| 1. Inefficiencies | 159 | ||
| 2. Transfers - Employee Compensation | 160 | ||
| 3. Transfers to Owners of Capital and | 162 | ||
| III. Impact of Deregulation | 163 | ||
| 1. Economic Inefficiencies | 163 | ||
| 2. Income Distribution | 164 | ||
| 3. Spatial Redistribution | 165 | ||
| IV. Health Care | 166 | ||
| 1. Effects of Regulation | 167 | ||
| 2. Physicians and Licensing | 168 | ||
| 3. Deregulation Health Care : Who Benefits | 169 | ||
| 4. Income Redistributive Impact of Deregulation | 169 | ||
| 5. International Comparisons | 169 | ||
| V. Conclusion | 171 | ||
| References | 172 | ||
| Klaus-Dirk Henke: COMMENTS ON THOMAS MULLER'S PAPER Is Deregulation an Alternative to Public Transfer Policy? The Recent USA Experience | 173 | ||
| Ingrid Gottschalk: IS PRIVATIZATION AN ALTERNATIVE TO PUBLIC TRANSFER POLICY? | 177 | ||
| 1. Privatization: A Controversial Issue | 177 | ||
| 2. A Less Polarizing View on Privatization | 178 | ||
| 3. Economic and Social Consequences of Privatization | 180 | ||
| 4. Conceivable Subforms of Privatization | 185 | ||
| 5. Summary and Conclusions | 188 | ||
| References | 188 | ||
| Günter Hedtkamp: COMMENTS ON INGRID GOTTSCHALK'S PAPER Is Privatization an Alternative to Public Transfer | 190 | ||
| Horst Hanusch: COMMENTS | 193 | ||
| Klaus Gretschmann: COOPERATIVE SELF-MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES: POSSIBILITIES FOR AND LIMITATIONS OF A REDUCTION IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURE | 195 | ||
| Outline | 195 | ||
| 1. The Present Situation: The Fiscal Crisis of the State | 198 | ||
| 2. Traditional Ways of Resolving the Problem | 200 | ||
| 3. Towards a Specification of the Third Sector | 202 | ||
| 4. Achievements and Limitations of the Third Sector | 205 | ||
| 5. Case Study: The Local Initiatives Program (LIP) | 207 | ||
| Wilfried Schönbäck: COMMENTS ON KLAUS GRETSCHMANN'S PAPER Cooperative Self-Organization of Public Tasks: Possibilities and Limitations of Relieving the Public Budgets | 212 | ||
| I. | 213 | ||
| II. | 216 | ||
| III. | 218 | ||
| IV. | 221 | ||
| References | 224 | ||
| Alan Gartner: PRIVATE AND COOPERATIVE ALTERNATIVES TO THE PUBLIC TRANSFER POLICY | 225 | ||
| 1. Three Phases of Consumer Involvement | 227 | ||
| 2. Consumer-Intensive Services | 229 | ||
| 3. Some Health Examples | 230 | ||
| 4. Self-Help Mutual Aid | 232 | ||
| 5. Self-Help and the Crisis of the Services | 237 | ||
| 6. Many Cautions | 239 | ||
| 7. Conclusion | 241 | ||
| Christoph Badelt: COMMUNITY ACTION: SUCCESS, FAILURE, PROSPECTS | 242 | ||
| I. Community Action Groups: A Subset of the Voluntary Sector | 242 | ||
| II. Success of Community Action Groups | 245 | ||
| 1. Community Action Groups of Dissatisfied Consumers | 245 | ||
| 2. Preferences for Service Provision by Community Action | 249 | ||
| III. Failure of Community Action Groups | 252 | ||
| IV. Prospects | 256 | ||
| Summary | 257 | ||
| Ernst Kistler: SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION | 259 | ||
| IV. PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC TRANSFER POLICY FOR THE EIGHTIES: FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF SCIENCE | 261 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 263 |