The Methodology of Public Choice Analysis

question 76

Multiple Choice

The methodology of public choice analysis

• A) develops a logically consistent theory based on how individual actors (such as voters, politicians, and bureaucrats) respond to incentives.
• B) assumes that all decisions made by individual actors in the public sector are done with the public interest in mind, rather than their private interests.
• C) assumes that individuals generally react to the incentives they face when making choices in the private sector but not in the public sector.
• D) focuses on the development of a single theory of government as a whole rather than on analyzing the choices made by individual agents in the public sector.

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