Economia
São os políticos eficientes?
Eis aqui, finalmente, alguém que aplicou uma idéia antiga: eficiência. Há, claro, o clássico artigo de Weingast, Shepsle & Johnsen sobre isto. Acho até que os autores do índice Econ-E (ver o link abaixo) se inspiraram nele.
Mas a idéia é simples. O índice tenta evitar o problema do pork barrel politics que falsamente mostraria uma eficiência de um político (o erro consiste no fato desta política concentrar benefícios em uma localidade, jogando os custos para o resto do país) quando, na verdade, ela é ruim para o país.
Se eu tivesse dinheiro, faria esta pesquisa para o Brasil. Fica aí a sugestão para os colegas.
Aí vai um resumo sobre o índice e...claro, eu só li sobre ele porque fiz minha periódica leitura da coluna do Walter Williams (um link fixo aí ao lado).
Econ-E score is shorthand for economic-efficiency score. This measure is constructed by investigating votes in the 106th and 107th Congresses on issues where economic efficiency was at stake. Simply put, we included votes on legislation that economists would widely agree should yield national benefits that exceed costs (efficiency enhancing) or nationwide costs that exceed benefits (efficiency diminishing). Efficiency enhancing policies increase the size of the national economic pie; efficiency diminishing policies reduce its size. This measurement of efficiency does not depend on who gets the slices of the pie, but rather just its size. Economic efficiency is an important criterion used by economists, but not the only criterion, when assessing the desirability of public policies. Our intention in constructing the Econ-E score is to report the performance of Congressional members relative to this important criterion and then to seek an explanation for their voting pattern. Presently, this site simply reports the Econ-E score for members; we will add our explanation for their voting pattern later. To include enough votes for reliability, we only score members seated in both the 106th and 107th Congresses. We plan to add additional Congressional data over time.
The possible range for the Econ-E score is 0 to 100. A score of 40, for example, indicates that the member supported the efficiency enhancing position or rejected the efficiency diminishing position 40 percent of the time. A score of 100 would indicate the member of Congress always voted to enhance economic efficiency or to reject efficiency diminishing policies. No member received a perfect score of 100, although two received scores of zero.
Why might members of Congress support inefficient policies? Who gets the slices of the economic pie may be more important to a member than the overall size of the pie. Members of Congress have constituents whose welfare might hinge upon the passage of inefficient policies. A price control, for example, might provide a net gain to some member’s state or district while providing a net loss to the country as a whole. It is understandable why a member might support an inefficient policy.
Voters who think that economic efficiency is desirable will find the Econ-E score useful in sizing up the record of their Representative and Senators. The Econ-E score can be an additional tool for assessing the overall performance of our U.S. Senators and Representatives.
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Economia
São os políticos eficientes?
Eis aqui, finalmente, alguém que aplicou uma idéia antiga: eficiência. Há, claro, o clássico artigo de Weingast, Shepsle & Johnsen sobre isto. Acho até que os autores do índice Econ-E (ver o link abaixo) se inspiraram nele.
Mas a idéia é simples. O índice tenta evitar o problema do pork barrel politics que falsamente mostraria uma eficiência de um político (o erro consiste no fato desta política concentrar benefícios em uma localidade, jogando os custos para o resto do país) quando, na verdade, ela é ruim para o país.
Se eu tivesse dinheiro, faria esta pesquisa para o Brasil. Fica aí a sugestão para os colegas.
Aí vai um resumo sobre o índice e...claro, eu só li sobre ele porque fiz minha periódica leitura da coluna do Walter Williams (um link fixo aí ao lado).
Econ-E score is shorthand for economic-efficiency score. This measure is constructed by investigating votes in the 106th and 107th Congresses on issues where economic efficiency was at stake. Simply put, we included votes on legislation that economists would widely agree should yield national benefits that exceed costs (efficiency enhancing) or nationwide costs that exceed benefits (efficiency diminishing). Efficiency enhancing policies increase the size of the national economic pie; efficiency diminishing policies reduce its size. This measurement of efficiency does not depend on who gets the slices of the pie, but rather just its size. Economic efficiency is an important criterion used by economists, but not the only criterion, when assessing the desirability of public policies. Our intention in constructing the Econ-E score is to report the performance of Congressional members relative to this important criterion and then to seek an explanation for their voting pattern. Presently, this site simply reports the Econ-E score for members; we will add our explanation for their voting pattern later. To include enough votes for reliability, we only score members seated in both the 106th and 107th Congresses. We plan to add additional Congressional data over time.
The possible range for the Econ-E score is 0 to 100. A score of 40, for example, indicates that the member supported the efficiency enhancing position or rejected the efficiency diminishing position 40 percent of the time. A score of 100 would indicate the member of Congress always voted to enhance economic efficiency or to reject efficiency diminishing policies. No member received a perfect score of 100, although two received scores of zero.
Why might members of Congress support inefficient policies? Who gets the slices of the economic pie may be more important to a member than the overall size of the pie. Members of Congress have constituents whose welfare might hinge upon the passage of inefficient policies. A price control, for example, might provide a net gain to some member’s state or district while providing a net loss to the country as a whole. It is understandable why a member might support an inefficient policy.
Voters who think that economic efficiency is desirable will find the Econ-E score useful in sizing up the record of their Representative and Senators. The Econ-E score can be an additional tool for assessing the overall performance of our U.S. Senators and Representatives.
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Economic Efficiency: A Misunderstood Concept ■Economics ■Free Markets by Alexander Salter Economic efficiency is one of the most important concepts economists use to classify and understand the social world. Unfortunately, it is also one...
- As Raízes Hispânicas Da Teoria Econômica Moderna
Four Hundred Years of Dynamic Efficiency by Jesus Huerta de Soto I will divide my presentation into three parts. First, I will speak about the Spanish roots of Austrian economics; second, I will introduce, following the Austrian tradition, a dynamic...
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Mais Brazil Previous: #98 Serbia Next: #100 Egypt overall score57.9 world rank99 Dados cartográficos ©2012 - Termos de Uso RULE OF LAW Property Rights50.0 Freedom From Corruption37.0 LIMITED...
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Esta é a conclusão de Jeffrey Miron: "The fundamental problem underlying the financial crisis was government policy. Instead of undertaking enormous new policies, we should try to fix or eliminate bad policies and focus on efficiency rather than redistribution....
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Para Sebastian Edwards, o mundo conseguiu evitar a "argentinização" ao longo da crise financeira. A Argentina, ao contrário, continua "argentinizando". Conseguirá o Brasil escapar desta maldição? "But the most important question is what will happen...