Government Spending and Land Values--Public Policy and Private Gain.

Ruth Braunstein’s chapter examines the Nuns on the Bus campaign, launched by a group of Catholic Sisters in 2012 to raise awareness of the harm that federal budget cuts would cause struggling American families. The chapter focuses on the Nuns’ use of storytelling during this campaign. Through their storytelling performances, the Nuns framed religious communities as morally superior carriers of knowledge about the effects of cuts in government spending; framed vulnerable people and the programs that serve them as morally worthy beneficiaries of government spending; and asserted the moral necessity of taking stories seriously alongside other forms of more abstract and impersonal data that inform the policymaking process. Overall, the chapter argues that this communications strategy helped the Nuns overcome challenges they faced as progressive religious actors seeking to influence public policy debates.

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Internal Migration and Public Policy

The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy ◽

10.1515/bejeap-2018-0203 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Michele G. Giuranno ◽

Rongili Biswas

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Internal Migration ◽

Government Spending ◽

Median Voter ◽

Central Government ◽

Public Spending ◽

Size Of Government ◽

Elected Representatives ◽

Distribution Of Income ◽

Actual Size

Abstract This paper studies the relation between internal migration and public spending on public goods. We describe centralized public policy when a central government is comprised of elected representatives from local electoral districts. Internal migration determines the median voter in the districts. The median voters decide the equilibrium policy through bargaining. We find the conditions under which voters’ mobility results in larger or smaller public spending. Furthermore, the distance between the actual size and the efficient size of government spending depends on the way internal migration changes the distribution of income within and between districts.

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The economics of soil structural degradation under cropping: some empirical estimates from New Zealand

Soil Research ◽

10.1071/s96018 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 36 (5) ◽

pp. 831 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

F. G. Scrimgeour ◽

T. G. Shepherd

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

New Zealand ◽

Contingent Valuation ◽

Soil Structure ◽

Scientific Research ◽

Land Values ◽

Policy Response ◽

Structural Degradation ◽

Empirical Estimates ◽

Use Values

Soil structural degradation is a problem of some arable farms in New Zealand. This paper presents economic estimates of the significance of the loss of soil structure to farmers and the Manawatu region of New Zealand. Contingent valuation surveys of farmers and the wider community were used to estimate both use and non-use values. The results show the significance of compaction on both farm profits and land values, together with the lack of knowledge of the wider community concerning this problem. They reinforce the importance of careful farm practice, further scientific research, and a considered public policy response.

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Big Cabinets, Big Governments? Grand Coalitions and Public Policy in the German Laender

Journal of Public Policy ◽

10.1017/s0143814x09990092 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 327-345 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Aline Schniewind ◽

Markus Freitag ◽

Adrian Vatter

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Government Spending ◽

National Level ◽

Partisan Politics ◽

Size Of Government ◽

Internal Security ◽

Social Democrats ◽

The Public ◽

Policy Performance ◽

Coalition Governments

AbstractThe inauguration of Germany's grand coalition of Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) raises questions about the public policy performance of a coalition of ideological opposite. This paper turns attention to influence of coalition governments on the size of government in the German Laender from 1992 to 2005. We investigate whether grand coalitions at the sub-national level in Germany systematically affect government spending for education (including cultural affairs) and internal security. The article argues that the effects of grand coalitions on the size of the public sector are moderated by partisan politics but sometimes in unexpected ways. For example, government spending in the field of education is reduced when leftist parties are powerful in the Laender.

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Who Funds Conservatism, Inc.?

The Vanishing Tradition ◽

10.7591/cornell/9781501749858.003.0005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 62-67

Author(s):

Joseph Cotto

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Government Spending ◽

Think Tanks ◽

Economic Policies ◽

Traditional Values ◽

Tax Cuts ◽

Social Conservatives

This chapter focuses on conservative think tanks, which represent for Republicans and those who claim to be conservative a sort of alternative mass outlet. In these institutions, one encounters advocates of tax cuts, those who support pro-business economic policies, and opponents of runaway government spending. These think tanks also feature social conservatives who preach traditional values but who usually do not bring in as much funding as other groups represented in conservative think tanks. In understanding the politics of think tanks, it is necessary to look at those responsible for lavishing wealth on them. Once it is made clear who funds the Center Right establishment—also known as Conservatism, Inc.—it should become obvious why some in establishment conservatism rallied against Donald Trump's candidacy and continue to support public policy unpopular with most of the country. The chapter examines the assistance that Republican think tanks in the Washington area receive from defense industries and from those who are pushing for a more activist foreign policy.

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PUBLIC PERCEPTION ON GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN ACEH: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON MAQASID PERFORMANCE PAIRWISE MATRIX (MPPM)

Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance ◽

10.22373/share.v3i2.1344 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Muhammad Dayyan ◽

Mustafa Omar Mohammed

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Government Spending ◽

Public Perception ◽

Government Expenditure ◽

Future Research ◽

The Public ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Education And Health ◽

Measuring Efficiency ◽

Infrastructure Health

Governments provide a host of goods and services to their citizens to achieve various socio-economic objectives. Such spending is done through various programs that include social security, education, infrastructure, health and economic. Several conventional approaches for measuring efficiency of government expenditure have been proposed in the literature. Most of these measures are quantitative in nature. For government spending based on Shariâ€™ah oriented public policy (al-Siyasah al-Sharâ€™iyyah), which is value loaded, there is a need for complementary qualitative yardstick to measure whether such spending achieves Maqasid al-Shariâ€™ah. The present study has made use of content analysis to develop a Maqasid Performance Pairwise Matrix (MPPM), as one of the tools of Islamic oriented public policy (al-Siyasah al-Sharâ€™iyyah); to measure the public perception on government expenditure in Aceh in eight areas and the extent to which the expenditure conforms to Maqasid al-Shariâ€™ah. MPPM was used as an instrument to survey 233 respondents in Aceh. The data from the survey were validated analyzed using SPSS version 18.0. The findings from the study are mixed. Government spending in Aceh in Education and health achieved results at the level of Complements (Hajiyat), beyond the basic need (Daruriyat). Whereas in the other six areas, which include economics, public services and housing, government spending is only able to satisfy the basic needs of the Acehnese. The study concludes with recommendations and suggestions for future research. =========================================== Pemerintah menyediakan tempat barang dan jasa untuk warga negara mereka untuk mencapai berbagai tujuan sosial-ekonomi. Seperti pengeluaran, yang dilakukan melalui berbagai program termasuk jaminan sosial, pendidikan infrastruktur, kesehatan dan ekonomi. Beberapa pendekatan konvensional untuk mengukur efisiensi pengeluaran pemerintah telah ada dalam sejumlah literatur. Sebagian besar pendekatan ini bersifat kuantitatif. Untuk belanja pemerintah berdasarkan kebijakan publik yang berorientasi syariah (al-Siyasah al-Shar'iyyah), yang penuh dengan nilai- nilai, ada kebutuhan untuk melengkapi tolok ukur kualitatif untuk mengukur apakah pengeluaran tersebut mencapai Maqasid al-Syari'ah. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis isi untuk mengembangkan Maqasid Kinerja Berpasangan Matrix (MPPM), sebagai salah satu alat kebijakan publik berorientasi Islami (al-Siyasah al-Shar'iyyah); untuk mengukur persepsi publik atas belanja pemerintah di Aceh pada delapan daerah serta sejauh mana pengeluaran sesuai dengan Maqasid al-Syari'ah. MPPM digunakan sebagai instrumen untuk menyurvei 233 responden di Aceh. Data dari survei ini dianalisis validitasnya dengan menggunakan SPSS versi 18.0. Temuan dari penelitian ini adalah bervariasi. Belanja pemerintah di Aceh dalam bidang pendidikan dan kesehatan mencapai hasil pada tingkat komplemen (Hajiyat), di luar kebutuhan dasar (Daruriyat). Sedangkan di enam daerah lain, yang meliputi ekonomi, pelayanan publik dan perumahan, belanja pemerintah hanya mampu memenuhi kebutuhan dasar masyarakat Aceh. Studi ini memberi kesimpulan dengan rekomendasi dan saran untuk penelitian di masa yang akan datang.

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New Federalism: 2nd Edition

American Review of Politics ◽

10.15763/issn.2374-7781.1983.4.0.22-39 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 22-39

Author(s):

R. Lawson Veasey ◽

W. David Moody

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Government Spending ◽

Reagan Administration ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Supply Side ◽

Federal Spending ◽

New Federalism ◽

Policy Initiatives ◽

State Tax ◽

The Impact

When the Reagan Administration took office in 1981, it concentrated its domestic efforts upon national government spending, deficits, and inflation. Its major proposed remedies have consisted of "supply-side" economics, cuts in the rates of federal spending on non-military programs and a return to greater state/local responsibility for public policy initiatives and financing. It is with this last aspect of the Reagan proposals that the present work is concerned: the impact and policy implications of federal decentralization on Arkansas. The option of a state tax increase is explored as Arkansas' response.

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