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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