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Niskanen Model

The Niskanen Model is a theoretical framework in public choice theory that posits bureaucrats act as utility-maximizing agents who seek to maximize their agency's budget and output to enhance personal benefits, thereby differing from models assuming public interest motivation.

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2017–2026

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Budget-maximizing Model

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Publications

24

The Equilibrium Size of a Budget-maximizing Bureau: A Note on Niskanen's Theory of Bureaucracy

Albert Breton, Ronald Wintrobe · Journal of Political Economy · 1975 · 240 citations

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Bureaucracy and public economics

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 229 citations

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Bureaucracy and Public economics

Ralph Sandler, William A. Niskanen · Southern Economic Journal · 1996 · 222 citations

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The Budget-maximizing bureaucrat : appraisals and evidence

André Blais, Stéphane Dion · 1991 · 177 citations

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Bureaucrats, Budgets and the Growth of the State: Reconstructing an Instrumental Model

Patrick Dunleavy · British Journal of Political Science · 1985 · 175 citations

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Authors

32

  1. AB
    André Blais

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    2 publications · 220 citations

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  2. SD
    Stéphane Dion

    Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

    2 publications · 220 citations

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  3. WA
    William A. Niskanen

    Cato Institute, United States

    2 publications · 240 citations

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  4. SZ
    Shmuel Zamir

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    1 publications · 148 citations

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  5. BL
    Bruce L. Benson

    Florida State University, United States

    1 publications · 26 citations

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Institutions

16

  1. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

  2. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    148 citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    128 citations

  5. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    148 citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  7. Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    148 citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Political Science

    AJPS · 2 publications · 64 citations

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  2. Southern Economic Journal

    2 publications · 248 citations

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  3. Journal of Mathematical Psychology

    1 publications · 148 citations

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  4. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. Journal of Theoretical Politics

    JTP · 1 publications · 78 citations

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