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This volume addresses the need to revisit the very economic
theories that in the past two decades have contributed so much to
the development of a concentrated research agenda on nonprofit
organizations. Long neglected as a topic of theorizing and
empirical investigation by mainstream economics in particular,
these initial theories of nonprofit organizations, introduced by
Burton Weisbrod (see Chapter 3 by Kingma and Chapter 4 by
Slivinsky) and Henry Hansmann (see Chapter 5 by Ortmann and
Schlesinger and Chapter 6 by Hansmann) and others in the late
1970sand early 1980s, continue to shape theoretical and conceptual
efforts. Importantly, their influence extends beyond economics and
informs sociological and political science approaches to the set of
organizations and institutions located between the market firm and
the state agency as well (see Chapter 10 by Wolpert, Chapter 11 by
Salamon, and Chapter 12 by Wolch; also Anheier & Ben-Ner, 1997;
DiMaggio & Anheier, 1990). While the theoretical map of
nonprofit research has expanded beyond these early attempts and now
includes several other major theories such as stakeholder
approaches (Chapter I by Ben-Ner and Gui, and Chapter 7 by
Krashinsky), supply-side or entrepreneurial theories (Chapter 8 by
Badelt and Chapter 9 by Young), institutional theories (Chapter 17
by DiMaggio), and comparative approaches (Chapter 15 by Anheier;
see also Salamon & Anheier, 1998), we nonethelesssuggest that
it is time to takestockand reexamine some of the very basics from
which these economic theories operate. This is the main purpose
ofthe book.
A new and unique collection of essays on the relationship between economic institutions and values, this book's original premise is that the way an economy and society are organized is determined in part by the preferences we call "values." This book challenges economists and scholars in related fields to explore the two-way interaction between economic arrangements and values. Contributors include leading scholars from such diverse fields as game theory and economic history, as well as political philosophy, sociology and psychology. Designed for a wide readership, the book has no existing counterparts.
This volume addresses the need to revisit the very economic
theories that in the past two decades have contributed so much to
the development of a concentrated research agenda on nonprofit
organizations. Long neglected as a topic of theorizing and
empirical investigation by mainstream economics in particular,
these initial theories of nonprofit organizations, introduced by
Burton Weisbrod (see Chapter 3 by Kingma and Chapter 4 by
Slivinsky) and Henry Hansmann (see Chapter 5 by Ortmann and
Schlesinger and Chapter 6 by Hansmann) and others in the late
1970sand early 1980s, continue to shape theoretical and conceptual
efforts. Importantly, their influence extends beyond economics and
informs sociological and political science approaches to the set of
organizations and institutions located between the market firm and
the state agency as well (see Chapter 10 by Wolpert, Chapter 11 by
Salamon, and Chapter 12 by Wolch; also Anheier & Ben-Ner, 1997;
DiMaggio & Anheier, 1990). While the theoretical map of
nonprofit research has expanded beyond these early attempts and now
includes several other major theories such as stakeholder
approaches (Chapter I by Ben-Ner and Gui, and Chapter 7 by
Krashinsky), supply-side or entrepreneurial theories (Chapter 8 by
Badelt and Chapter 9 by Young), institutional theories (Chapter 17
by DiMaggio), and comparative approaches (Chapter 15 by Anheier;
see also Salamon & Anheier, 1998), we nonethelesssuggest that
it is time to takestockand reexamine some of the very basics from
which these economic theories operate. This is the main purpose
ofthe book.
In recent years, the number of scholars doing research and teaching
on the nonprofit sector, the number of research and teaching
centers dedicated to it, and the number of books and journals
focusing on the topic of nonprofit organizations have all grown
significantly. Nonetheless, this is the first book that explicitly
recognizes and emphasizes the role and behavior of the nonprofit
sector in the mixed economy. The book's twelve chapters present a
picture of the nonprofit sector and its relationship with other
sectors of the mixed economy and analyze theoretically and
empirically various aspects of this relationship. The book offers
new perspectives on the role of nonprofit organizations vis-a-vis
for-profit firms and government organizations, a theoretical
reevaluation of the relationship between government expenditures
and private contributions, and a critique of the econometric
studies of the "crowd-in" and "crowd-out" issues. It presents new
analysis of the relationship between government expenditures and
competition between nonprofit organizations and for-profit firms
and new results on the Pareto efficiency of philanthropy, offering
comprehensive statistical information on key variables in nonprofit
organizations in comparison with for-profit firms and government
organizations in several countries.
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