How Economists Help Central Government Think: Survey Evidence from the UK Government Economic Service
| Autor: | Andy Ross, Paul Anand, Laurence Roope |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Service (business)
Government Public Administration 05 social sciences Professional practice Public administration Research utilization 0506 political science Economic thinking Central government 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration Business Business and International Management 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Public Administration. 42:1145-1157 |
| ISSN: | 1532-4265 0190-0692 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01900692.2019.1575668 |
| Popis: | Economic thinking is widely used now across most areas of government activity, though there is not much research on what professional economists do. This paper, therefore, develops and reports on a survey of over 500 members of the UK Government Economic Service, which we use to shed light on the activities and thinking of practitioners. We find, inter alia, that professional economics can be seen as drawing on at least four distinct economic paradigms, that the uses of economics vary significantly between areas of government and that whilst significant use of research can be made, this is not necessarily a defining aspect of professional practice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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