Public Choice

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Volume 145, issue 3, 2010

Save the poor, shoot some bankers pp. 331-337

David Zetland

Risk-aversion and prudence in rent-seeking games pp. 339-349

Nicolas Treich

On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries pp. 351-378

Thushyanthan Baskaran

An auction market for journal articles pp. 379-403

Jens Prüfer and David Zetland

Individual campaign contributions in a Downsian model: expressive and instrumental motives pp. 405-416

Shiou Shieh and Wan-Hsiang Pan

Why candidate divergence should be expected to be just as great (or even greater) in competitive seats as in non-competitive ones pp. 417-433

James Adams, Thomas Brunell, Bernard Grofman and Samuel Merrill

Freedom of information acts and public sector corruption pp. 435-460

Monica Escaleras, Shu Lin and Charles Register

The prison in economics: private and public incarceration in Ancient Greece pp. 461-482

Daniel D’Amico

The invisible hand plays dice: multiple equilibria in sects markets pp. 483-502

Panu Poutvaara and Andreas Wagener

Fiscal policy responsiveness, persistence, and discretion pp. 503-530

Antonio Afonso, Luca Agnello and Davide Furceri

Incentives for separation and incentives for public good provision pp. 531-546

Klaas Staal

May increased partisanship lead to convergence of parties’ policy platforms? pp. 547-569

Tomer Blumkin and Volker Grossmann

Reply to Miller on agendas and sincerity pp. 571-573

Thomas Schwartz

Agendas and sincerity: a second response to Schwartz pp. 575-579

Nicholas Miller

Emily Chamlee-Wright: The cultural and political economy of recovery: social learning in a post-disaster environment pp. 581-583

Art Carden

Dennis C. Mueller: Reason, religion, and liberal democracy pp. 585-587

Roger Congleton

Peter T. Leeson: The invisible hook: the hidden economics of pirates pp. 589-592

Bruce Benson

Volume 145, issue 1, 2010

What determines UN approval of greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in developing countries? pp. 1-24

Florens Flues, Axel Michaelowa and Katharina Michaelowa

Do high taxes lock-in capital gains? Evidence from a dual income tax system pp. 25-38

Sven-Olov Daunfeldt, Ulrika Praski-Ståhlgren and Niklas Rudholm

Sizing the government pp. 39-55

Kristof De Witte and Wim Moesen

Do state balanced budget requirements matter? Testing two explanatory frameworks pp. 57-79

Yilin Hou and Daniel Smith

Politician preferences, law-abiding lobbyists and caps on political contributions pp. 81-101

Ivan Pastine and Tuvana Pastine

Flexible pensions for politicians pp. 103-124

Hans Gersbach and Markus Müller

The relationship between corruption and income inequality in U.S. states: evidence from a panel cointegration and error correction model pp. 125-135

Nicholas Apergis, Oguzhan Dincer and James Payne

A positive theory of the earnings relationship of unemployment benefits pp. 137-163

Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg and Heinrich Ursprung

Habit formation, strategic extremism, and debt policy pp. 165-180

Egil Matsen and Øystein Thøgersen

Nation states vs. united empire: Effects of political competition on economic growth pp. 181-195

Angus Chu

Political short-termism: a possible explanation pp. 197-211

Iconio Garrì

Agenda trees and sincere voting: a response to Schwartz pp. 213-221

Nicholas Miller

Public servants in parliament: theory and evidence on its determinants in Germany pp. 223-252

Thomas Braendle and Alois Stutzer

It’s all ‘bad’ news! Voters’ perception of macroeconomic policy competence pp. 253-264

Joshy Easaw

Robust satisficing voting: why are uncertain voters biased towards sincerity? pp. 265-280

Lior Davidovitch and Yakov Ben-Haim

Private operation with public supervision: evidence of hybrid modes of governance in prisons pp. 281-293

Sandro Cabral, Sergio Lazzarini and Paulo Azevedo

The ‘informal sector’ and the political economy of development pp. 295-317

Victor Tanaka

Mark Armstrong and Robert H. Porter (eds.): Handbook of Industrial Organization, Volume 3 pp. 319-320

Friedrich Schneider

Karl-Göran Mäler and Jeffrey R. Vincent (eds.): Handbook of Environmental Economics: Valuing Environmental Changes, Volume 2 pp. 321-322

Friedrich Schneider

Todd Sandler and Keith Hartley (eds.): Handbook of Defense Economics, Volume 2 pp. 323-324

Friedrich Schneider

George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton: Identity economics. How our identities shape our work, wages, and well-being pp. 325-328

Andreas Kyriacou

Charles H. Anderton, John R. Carter: Principles of conflict economics: a primer for social scientists pp. 329-330

Yvon Rocaboy

Volume 144, issue 3, 2010

Gebhard Kirchgässner, 60 years on pp. 393-399

Lars Feld, Marcel Savioz and Jan Schnellenbach

The economic tradition and the constitution of science pp. 401-411

Hans Albert

The scientific foundation of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models pp. 413-443

Paul Grauwe

Central bank independence and inflation revisited pp. 445-457

Jeroen Klomp and Jakob de Haan

M3 money demand and excess liquidity in the euro area pp. 459-472

Christian Dreger and Juergen Wolters

Turnover of organized crime and money laundering: some preliminary empirical findings pp. 473-486

Friedrich Schneider

Sticking to fiscal plans: the role of institutions pp. 487-503

Juergen von Hagen

Political stability and fiscal policy: time series evidence for the Swiss federal level since 1849 pp. 505-534

Lars Feld and Christoph Schaltegger

The rise of the modern welfare state, ideology, institutions and income security: analysis and evidence pp. 535-555

Roger Congleton and Feler Bose

Happiness and public choice pp. 557-573

Bruno Frey and Alois Stutzer

Volume 144, issue 1, 2010

Information, institutions and constitutional arrangements pp. 1-36

Abhinay Muthoo and Kenneth Shepsle

Policy errors in executive and legislative decision-making pp. 37-51

Randall Holcombe and Dmitry Ryvkin

Ideological externalities, social pressures, and political parties pp. 53-62

Amihai Glazer

Referendum design, quorum rules and turnout pp. 63-81

Luís Aguiar-Conraria and Pedro Magalhães

Chaotic shop-talk or efficient parliament? The Reichstag, the parties, and the problem of governmental instability in the Weimar Republic pp. 83-104

Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer

Terrorism, key assets, and critical infrastructures: to protect or to rebuild? That is the question pp. 105-118

Bertrand Crettez and Regis Deloche

The Marquis de Condorcet goes to Bern pp. 119-131

Daniel Bochsler

Susceptibility to coalitional strategic sponsoring pp. 133-151

Boniface Mbih, Sébastien Courtin and Issofa Moyouwou

Uncertain candidates, valence, and the dynamics of candidate position-taking pp. 153-168

Michael Bruter, Robert Erikson and Aaron Strauss

Structuring international institutions for the efficient provisioning of global security pp. 169-197

Rupayan Gupta

Desperation votes and private interests: an analysis of Confederate trade legislation pp. 199-214

Robert Ekelund, John Jackson and Mark Thornton

Corruption and the shadow economy: an empirical analysis pp. 215-238

Axel Dreher and Friedrich Schneider

Indicators of electoral victory pp. 239-251

Pablo Amoros and M. Socorro Puy

Expectations of government’s response to disaster pp. 253-274

Emily Chamlee-Wright and Virgil Storr

Lobbying and (de)centralization pp. 275-291

Michele Ruta

Local autonomy, tax morale, and the shadow economy pp. 293-321

Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider and Christoph Schaltegger

How does social trust lead to better governance? An attempt to separate electoral and bureaucratic mechanisms pp. 323-346

Christian Bjørnskov

Less fighting than expected pp. 347-367

Hannah Hörisch and Oliver Kirchkamp

Interaction between federal taxation and horizontal tax competition: theory and evidence from Canada pp. 369-387

Leonzio Rizzo

Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast: Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History pp. 389-392

Randall Holcombe