The Political Economy Of International Organizations A Public Choice Approach

This book focuses on the nature of the public choice approach and many of the types of issues it raises. It presents a number of specific applications of public choice theory to the analysis of major international and regional economic organizations.

Introduction Roland Vaubel and Thomas D. Willett Part One The Public Choice Approach to International Economic Issues and Organizations: Theory Chapter 1The Public Choice View of International Political EconomyBruno S. Frey Chapter 2A Public Choice View of International OrganizationRoland Vaubel Chapter 3Canons of Public Choice Analysis of International AgreementsRodney T. Smith Chapter 4International Organizations from the Constitutional Point of ViewBruno S. Frey and Beat Gygi Chapter 5Approaches to the Study of International Organizations: Major Paradigms in Economics and Political SciencePatricia Dillon, Thomas L. Ilgen and Thomas D. Willett Chapter 6International Institutions and the Market for InformationMichele Fratianni and John Pattison Part Two Applications Chapter 7The GATT as an International Discipline over Trade Restrictions: A Public Choice ApproachJ. Michael Finger Chapter 8A Public Choice Perspective of the International Energy ProgramRodney T. Smith Chapter 9U.S. Policy and the Law of the Sea Conference, 1969-1982: A Case Study of Multilateral Negotiations Ross D. Eckert Chapter 10The Political Economy of the International Monetary Fund: A Public Choice Analysis Roland Vaubel Chapter 11Determinants of Foreign Aid Under Alternative Institutional Arrangements Hannelore Weck-Hannemann and Friedrich Schneider Chapter 12 Unanimous Decisions in a Redistributive Context: The Council of Ministers of the European CommunitiesWilliam S. Peirce Chapter 13 The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community: A Public Choice Interpretation Tim Josling and H. Wayne Moyer Chapter 14 A Public Choice View of the Delors Report Roland Vaubel