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1、Forthcomingin:KYKLOS,InternationalReviewforSocialSciences.Volume59,No.2/2006.Thisversion:November1st,2005Onedaywhenthequeenaskedhermirror:Mirror,mirror,onthewall,Whointhislandisfairestofall?Itanswered:You,myqueen,arefair;it’strue.ButSnow-Whiteisathousandtimesfairerthanyou.JacobandWilhelmGri
2、mmPoliticalEconomicsversusPublicChoiceTwoviewsofpoliticaleconomyincompetition*CharlesB.BlankartandGerritB.KoesterHumboldtUniversityBerlinDepartmentofEconomicsSpandauerStr.110178Berlinblankart@wiwi.hu-berlin.degkoester@wiwi.hu-berlin.deJEL:P48,B50,D72,E6Abstract:Politicaleconomics,likepublic
3、choice,isdefinedastheeconomicanalysisofpolitics.Butitsexponentsclaimthatpoliticaleconomicsisnotacomplement,butthesuccessorofpublicchoice,anewparadigmreplacingthepublic-choiceapproach.Weevaluatethisclaimofpoliticaleconomicsinthreefields:politicalbusinesscycles,integrationandsecession,andcons
4、titutionalpoliticaleconomy.Wefindthatpoliticaleconomicshascontributedsubstantiallytothefirst,butlittletothesecondandthethird,whereitstickstotheworldofplanningandbenevolentdictators.Hencethepublic-choiceparadigmemergesstrengthenedfromitsdisputewithpoliticaleconomics.IINTRODUCTION............
5、.........................................................................................................................2IITHEPUBLIC-CHOICEPARADIGMANDITSCHALLENGERS........................................................2IIICOMPETINGPARADIGMS–APPLICATIONS...................................
6、................................................6IVPOLITICALECONOMICSVERSUSPUBLICCHOICE.....................................................................21VBIBLIOGRAPHY........................................................................................................................
7、............26*WethankDennisMuellerandOliverVolckartforhelpfulcommentsandbenefitedfromdiscussionsatthePublicChoiceSociety2004AnnualMeetinginBaltimoreandattheEuropeanPublicChoiceSociety2004AnnualMeetinginBerlin.1IINTRODUCTIONPraiseandblamehavebeenpouredon