Public Economics and Public Choice : Contributions in Honor of Charles B. Blankart

Blankart has taught at the Free University of Berlin, the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, Technical University and Humboldt University in Berlin.

Rights and Wrongs.- Public Choice and New Institutional Economics.- The Machiavelli Program and the Dirty Hands Problem.- Esteem, Norms of Participation and Public Goods Supply.- Fairness, Rights, and Language Rights: On the Fair Treatment of Linguistic Minorities.- Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth.- Government Bankruptcy and Inflation.- Political Support for Tax Complexity: A Simple Model.- Does the Shadow Economy Pose a Challenge to Economic and Public Finance Policy? - Some Preliminary Findings.- The Rankings and Evaluations Mania.- University Education as Welfare?.- The Economics of Environmental Liability Law - A Dynamic View.- On the Efficiency of a Public Insurance Monopoly: The Case of Housing Insurance in Switzerland.- A Note on David Hansemann as a Precursor of Chadwick and Demsetz.- ''Stepping Stones'' and ''Access Holidays'': The Fallacies of Regulatory Micro-Management.