Public Economics studies all aspects of the intervention of governments in the economy. It provides a framework for analyzing whether or not public intervention in the market is needed and to what extent. Aspects that are currently covered by Public Economics are taxation, publicly provided insurance, public goods, public pensions, publicly provided health care, and public education. Political Economy lies on the boundary between Political Science and Economics: like Political Science it is interested in issues of Collective choice, Conflict and Institutions; like Economics, it focuses on outcomes rather than on processes. It is concerned on how the political environment (political system –democracy, dictatorship–, type of regime –presidential, parliamentary–, etc.) affects economic outcomes (size and form of redistribution programmes, extent and type of public goods provision, burden of taxation across different tax bases, size of deficit and debt, etc.). The main questions it deals with are: How are collective decisions made? and How do different “rules of the game” (institutions) affect the allocation of resources? Methodologically, it models the government (politicianas and bureaucrats) as an organisation of rational agents (away from the simplistic view of the government as a benevolent central planner that “fixes” market failures) whose interactions with each other and with –also rational– citizens are analysed using game theory.
Education and adult health: Is there a causal effect?
Albarrán, P., Hidalgo-Hidalgo, M. and I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe
Social Science & Medicine – 2020
Long-run Effects of Public Expenditure on Poverty
Hidalgo-Hidalgo, M. and I. Iturbe-Ormaeche
Journal of Economic Inequality – 2018
Financing Public Goods and Attitudes Toward Immigration
Iturbe-Ormaetxe, I. and J.G.Romero
European Journal of Political Economy – 2016
Qaly-Based Cost Efectiveness Analysis
Pinto, J.L., C. Herrero and J.M. Abellán
The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy – 2016
Participation and solidarity in redistribution mechanisms
Giménez-Gómez, J. and J.E. Peris
The Czech Economic Review – 2015
Salience of social security contributions and employment
Iturbe-Ormaetxe, I.
International Tax and Public Finance – 2015
Analysis of Group performance with categorical data when agents are heterogeneous: the evaluation of scholastic performance in the OECD trough PISA 2012
Herrero, C., Mendez, I., and A. Villar
Economics of Education
Review – 2014
Preference Intensity in Positional Voting
Esther Mata-Pérez, E., A. Laruelle, R. Martínez and G. Ponti
Theoretical Economics Letters – 2014
Random-Walk-Based Segregation Measures
Ballester, C. and M. Vorsatz
Review of Economics and Statistics – 2014
Endogenous Strength in Conflicts
Beviá, C., and L. Corchón
International Journal of Industrial Organization – 2013
Quality of Life Lost Due to Non-Fatal Road Traffic Injuries.
Cubí-Molla, P., and C. Herrero
Health Economics – 2012
Delinquent Networks
Ballester, C., A. Calvó-Armengol and Y. Zenou
Journal of the European Economic Association – 2010
Peace Agreements without commitment
Beviá, C., and L. Corchón
Games and Economic Behavior – 2010
Public Transfers to the Poor: is Europe Really much more Generous than The United States?
Collado, M. D., and I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe
International Tax and Public Finance – 2010
The Rise of Obesity in Europe: an Economic Perspective
Brunello, G., Michaud, P. C. and A. Sanz-de-Galdeano
Economic Policy – 2009
Job-Lock and Public Policy: Evidence from Clinton’s Second Mandate
Sanz-de-Galdeano, A.
Industrial and Labor Relations Review – 2006
Who is Who in Networks. Wanted: The Key Player.
Ballester, C., A. Calvó-Armengol, and Y. Zenou
Econometrica – 2006
A Semi-Separable Utility Function for Health Profiles
Herrero, C., and A.M. Guerrero
Journal of Health Economics – 2005
Hospital costs and social cost: A case study of newborn hearing screening
Herrero, C. and J.D. Moreno-Ternero
Investigaciones Económicas – 2005
Using a point system in the management of waiting lists: the case of cataracts
Rodríguez Míguez, E., C. Herrero, and J.L. Pinto-Prades
Social Science and Medicine – 2004
Delegation and Polarization of platforms in political competition
Fauli-Oller, R,, E. Ok and I. Ortuño-Ortín
Economic Theory – 2003
A Proposal to Solve the Comparability Problem in Cost-Utility Analysis
Herrero, C., H. Bleichrodt, and J.L. Pinto
Journal of Health Economics – 2002
Redistribution and Subsidies for Higher Education
Iturbe-Ormaetxe, I., and C. Beviá
Scandinavian Journal of Economics – 2002
Redistribution and Subsidies for Higher Education
Beviá C., and I. Iturbe-Ormaeche
Scandinavian Journal of Economics – 2002
A Proposal to Unify Some Concepts in the Theory of Fairness
Iturbe-Ormaetxe, I., and L.C. Corchón
Journal of Economic Theory – 2001
Redistribution and individual characteristics
I. Iturbe
Review of Economic Design – 1997
A Stable and Consistent Solution to Distribution problems
Iturbe-Ormaetxe, I., and J. Nieto
Economics Letters – 1996
On Fair Allocations and Monetary Compensations
Iturbe-Ormaetxe, I., and J. Nieto
Economic Theory – 1996