Öffentliche Wirtschaft

It is paradoxical that public economics is actually extremely important as a public service but has been marginalised to a great extent in the field of economics and its academic circles presumably because it is regarded as inefficient in comparison to market solutions. Instead of focusing on ideological, a priori stereotypes, this multidisciplinary handbook offers a variety of distinct insights into the theory and practice of public economics, and it also has a unique status in the academic literature on this subject. Its approaches from academic disciplines such as history, economics (both macroeconomics and business administration), law and sociology on the one hand, plus its sectoral chapters on core issues such as energy, traffic, water, banks, housing and health etc. on the other, address the key perspectives on this subject. The book examines the subject morphologically from both an institutional and functional perspective, despite them occupying conflicting positions (institutional management and public responsibility).