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5. Development Economics and Public Economics: Emerging Analytical Interface and Practical Policy Implications

verfasst von : Valpy FitzGerald

Erschienen in: The Palgrave Handbook of Development Economics

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter addresses the theoretical and practical relationship between public economics and development economics from a critical perspective. The state has always been central to economic thought and theory as the leading collective actor in the process of structural transformation. Accelerated by the impact of the global financial crisis on both ideas and policy, over the past two decades a new approach has begun to displace the conventional orthodoxy of public choice theory, deregulation and fiscal minimalism. The emerging analytical approach is based on the integration of modern theories of market failure, income inequality and endogenous growth on the one hand, with the recent practice of emerging market economies in managing structural change, welfare provision and integration to the world economy on the other. This Chapter therefore aims to contribute to this overdue revision of the conceptual place of public economics in development economics. Section 2 explores the recent shift towards proactive management of structural change, reduced inequality and resilience to external shocks; while Sect. 3 addresses the way in which the public sector mobilizes the resources necessary to undertake these tasks. Sections 4 and 5 analyse the fiscal transformation caused by economic globalization, the opening of capital markets and the determination of corporate tax rates by international competition. Section 6 concludes by sketching the implications of the analysis in this chapter for the design and implementation of public economic policy in developing countries. The underlying theme of this chapter is thus the renewed need for an active ‘developmental’ state to control sufficient fiscal resources to ensure economic sustainability and social cohesion while mitigating the uncertainty caused by the global economy.

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The canonical contribution is of course Harberger (1962) whose simplistic yet convenient analysis has been endlessly repeated ever since by supporters of business interests.

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There are many important dimensions of this interaction which are not discussed in this chapter because they are addressed elsewhere in this volume, particularly capital account management (Chap. 20), trade and investment (Chap. 21) and the international monetary system (Chap. 23).

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See Chap. 20 in this volume.

See Chap. 23 in this volume.

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See Chap. 23 in this volume.

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Titel: Development Economics and Public Economics: Emerging Analytical Interface and Practical Policy Implications
verfasst von: Valpy FitzGerald
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The Palgrave Handbook of Development Economics
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-13999-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-14000-7

Copyright-Jahr: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14000-7_5

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