2 Microeconomic foundations of state-sector reform in New Zealand after 1984
2.1 Introduction
Good public policy draws on ideas from a wide range of disciplines and practical experience, among which economics and management will naturally feature. Boston et al (1996:16) argued that “. . . one of the distinctive and most striking features of New Zealand's public management reforms was the way they were shaped by certain bodies of economic and administrative theory.” In this chapter, we briefly consider those economic theories that were important in the formulation and implementation of New Zealand's public management framework after 1984.
