Teorie byrokracie v pojetí Williama A. Niskanena

Bureaucracy in the conception of William A. Niskanen

Mojmír Hampl

Politická ekonomie, 2001, vol. 2001, issue 1

Abstract: The paper explains the theory of bureaucracy developed by William A. Niskanen. While sociologist Max Weber's analysis treats the bureaucrats as "eunuchs" or automatic machines creating the public well-being, Niskanen tries to apply standard neo-classical economic models to explain the behaviour bureaucracy as a whole. On this background he concludes that the bureaucracy will concentrate on bargaining process with the sponsor and not on improving the quality of its services. This is a simple explanation why the bureau provides systematically worse products and services to its customers than the standard firm operating on the market.

Keywords: utility function; bureaucracy; bureaucrat; public choice theory; representative government; methodological individualism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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