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PARTIES,GROUPS,PUBLIC CHOICES
Dr. Csillik Péter 2006.01.29. 14:01
PARTIES,GROUPS,PUBLIC CHOICES
CSILLIK,PÉTER *
PARTIES,GROUPS,PUBLIC CHOICES
This short paper deals with two issues:first,based on the theory of rational de-
cisions an attempt will be made in order to make an assumption on who is going
to vote in any election,and to outline roughly the static model of a society whose
members can think only in terms of money that is in terms of transfers based on
taxation.In the second section,I shall investigate those social groups who play a
significant political role in a dynamic model of society,as well as their relation-
ship with their own parties.Finally,in the closing section,I shall try to merge the
two approaches.
I.W HO VOTE?
According to the theory of public choices,politics are intended to correct market
failures,however this is frequently coupled with government policy failures.Politics
mean mainly decisions on public finances,that is decisions taken on the magnitude
of tapping private incomes,primarily through taxation,and on utilisation of the
money collected in this mannerpartly for transfers,partly for the acquisition of
public goods or services.The structure of incomes and expenditures will be decided
through general elections.The first question to elucidate is who will vote among
those who are entitled to,the second one is whom they are going to vote for?The
theory of public choices says briefly,that the role of politics is to secure those public
* Ph.D.,Hungarian Banking Association,University of Szeged.This paper is partly based on the
author ’s essay “Monetary Policy,Saving and Public Choice ”published in SZTE GTK Közlemé-
nyei,2003.JATEPress.
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