The Budget-Maximizing Bureaucrat

Download or read book The Budget-Maximizing Bureaucrat written by Andre Blais and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1991-11-15 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen scholars reexamine one of the most provocative and debated models of bureaucratic behavior, as developed by William A. Niskanen in his seminal book, Bureaucracy and Representative Government. The essays evaluate a wide array of findings, both qualitative and quantitative, relevant to the various aspects of the model, and offer conclusions about its merits and limits, suggesting alternative explanations of bureaucratic behavior. Niskanen provides his own reassessment and reflections on the debate.