Public Choice

1966 - 2025

Current editor(s): WIlliam F. Shughart II

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Volume 108, issue 3-4, 2001

Divide et Impera: Strategic Underpricing in Privatizations pp. 207-22

Pio Baake and Jörg Oechssler

The Importance of Uncertainty in a Two-Stage Theory of Constitutions pp. 223-58

Dennis Mueller

Bribing Votes: A New Explanation to the "Inequality-Redistribution" Puzzle in LDCs pp. 259-72

Frédéric Docquier and Essaid Tarbalouti

How to Win the Political Contest: A Monopolist vs. Environmentalists pp. 273-93

Patrick R Graichen, Till Requate and Bouwe Dijkstra

On Expressive Voting: Evidence from the 1988 U.S. Presidential Election pp. 295-312

Kamhon Kan and C C Yang

Loyal Political Cartels and Committee Assignments in Congress: Evidence from the Congressional Black Caucus pp. 313-30

Franklin Mixon and Rand Ressler

Can the Pivotal Mechanism Induce Truth-Telling? An Experimental Study pp. 331-54

Toshiji Kawagoe and Toru Mori

Who Opposes Government Arts Funding? pp. 355-67

Arthur Brooks

Formal Human Capital Attainment of Career Legislators in the U.S. Congress: Modeling Legislatures As Unions pp. 369-86

Franklin Mixon

Volume 108, issue 1-2, 2001

Effects of Public Ownership over Firms' Size and Overstaffing Problems pp. 1-31

Gustavo Nombela

Ideocracy and Totalitarianism: A Formal Analysis Incorporating Ideology pp. 33-75

Peter Bernholz

Inter-party Competition, Intra-party Competition, and Distributive Policy: A Model and Test Using New Deal Data pp. 77-100

Robert Fleck

Standing Tiebout on His Head: Tax Capitalization and the Monopoly Power of Local Governments pp. 101-22

Bryan Caplan

Government Expenditure and Quality of Life pp. 123-45

Gerald W Scully

Elections with Privately Informed Parties and Voters pp. 147-67

Cesar Martinelli

Truth, Effort, and the Legal Battle pp. 169-95

Jack Hirshleifer and Evan Osborne

Volume 107, issue 3-4, 2001

Tax Structure and Growth: Are Some Taxes Better Than Others? pp. 199-219

Frida Widmalm

Why Do Policy Makers Stick to Inefficient Decisions? pp. 221-34

Robert Dur

Estimation of the Value and Cost of Government and Market Supplied Goods pp. 235-52

Simon Kemp and Christopher D B Burt

Bureaucratic Inefficiency: Failure to Capture the Efficiencies of Outsourcing pp. 253-70

Brooks B Robinson

Outcome, Process and Power in Direct Democracy: New Econometric Results pp. 271-93

Bruno Frey, Marcel Kucher and Alois Stutzer

Litigation versus Legislation: Forum Shopping by Rent Seekers pp. 295-310

Paul Rubin, Christopher Curran and John F Curran

Rational Irrationality and the Microfoundations of Political Failure pp. 311-31

Bryan Caplan

The Colour of the Judge's Eyes: Efficiency as a Criterion for the Legislature and for the Courts pp. 333-57

Dan Usher

How Tame Will Leviathan Become in Institutional Competition? Competition among Governments in the Provision of Public Goods pp. 359-81

Thomas Apolte

Clubs and the Cost of Agency pp. 383-93

Kevin Siqueira

Volume 107, issue 1-2, 2001

The Retention of State Level Concealed Handgun Laws: Empirical Evidence from Interest Group and Legislative Models pp. 1-20

Franklin Mixon and M Troy Gibson

Pre-election Polling and the Rational Voter: Evidence from State Panel Data (1986-1998) pp. 21-34

Mitch Kunce

Rational Ignorance, Rational Voter Expectations, and Public Policy: A Discrete Informational Foundation for Fiscal Illusion pp. 35-64

Roger Congleton

How Pollution Taxes May Increase Pollution and Reduce Net Revenues pp. 65-85

Per Fredriksson

Corruption, Connections and Transparency: Does a Better Screen Imply a Better Scene? pp. 87-96

Mehmet Bac

Tax Competition and Tax Coordination in a Median Voter Model pp. 97-113

Clemens Fuest and Bernd Huber

The Credibility Factor in Elections: Evidence from Britain's Nationwide Building Society's Vote against Conversion pp. 115-33

Stephanie Hoopes

An Empirical Example of the Condorcet Paradox of Voting in a Large Electorate pp. 135-45

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

A Critical Comment on Niskanen's Model pp. 147-67

Jose Casas-Pardo and Miguel Puchades-Navarro

An Investigation of the Public Deficits and Government Spending Relationship: Evidence for Greece pp. 169-82

George Hondroyiannis and Evangelia Papapetrou

Volume 107, issue 1, 2001

The Retention of State Level Concealed Handgun Laws: Empirical Evidence from Interest Group and Legislative Models pp. 1-20

Franklin Mixon and M. Gibson

Pre-Election Polling and the Rational Voter: Evidence from State Panel Data (1986–1998) pp. 21-34

Mitch Kunce

Rational Ignorance, Rational Voter Expectations, and Public Policy: A Discrete Informational Foundation for Fiscal Illusion pp. 35-64

Roger Congleton

How Pollution Taxes may Increase Pollution and Reduce Net Revenues pp. 65-85

Per Fredriksson

Corruption, Connections and Transparency: Does a Better Screen Imply a Better Scene? pp. 87-96

Mehmet Bac

Tax Competition and Tax Coordination in a Median Voter Model pp. 97-113

Clemens Fuest and Bernd Huber

The Credibility Factor in Elections: Evidence from Britain's Nationwide Building Society's Vote Against Conversion pp. 115-133

Stephanie Hoopes

An Empirical Example of the Condorcet Paradox of Voting in a Large Electorate pp. 135-145

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

A Critical Comment on Niskanen's Model pp. 147-167

José Casas-Pardo and Miguel Puchades-Navarro

An Investigation of the Public Deficts and Government Spending Relationship: Evidence for Greece pp. 169-182

George Hondroyiannis and Evangelia Papapetrou

Margaret F. Brinig, From Contract to Covenant: Beyond the Law and Economics of the Family pp. 183-185

Fred McChesney

Adam Przeworski, Susan C. Stokes and Bernard Manin (Eds.), Democracy, Accountability, and Representation pp. 185-189

Ken Kollman

Roger E. Meiners and Andrew P. Morriss (Eds), The Common Law and the Environment: Rethinking the Statutory Basis for Modern Environmental Law pp. 189-194

Bruce Benson

Hannu Nurmi, Voting Paradoxes and How to Deal with Them pp. 194-197

Matthias Sutter