Public Choice

1966 - 2025

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Congressional Tenure: Myth and Reality pp. 203-19: Gerald W Scully
Fiscal Dynamics of Local Elected Officials pp. 221-49: D K Bhattacharyya and Robert Wassmer
Constituent Errors in Assessing Their Senators pp. 251-71: Thomas Husted, Lawrence Kenny and Rebecca Morton
Cultural and Institutional Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Section Analysis pp. 273-89: Burton Abrams and Kenneth Lewis
Group Size and the Free-Rider Hypothesis: An Examination of New Evidence from Churches pp. 291-303: Jody W Lipford
The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat pp. 305-12: G Dirk Mateer and Robert Lawson
Explaining Welfare Spending pp. 313-35: Einar Overbye
Voting on Standardisation pp. 337-51: Laszlo Goerke and Manfred J Holler
Economic and Political Determinants of Fee Income in Norwegian Local Governments pp. 353-73: Lars-Erik Borge

Victimization, Rent-Seeking and Just Compensation pp. 1-20: Dan Usher
Police Bureaucracies, Their Incentives, and the War on Drugs pp. 21-45: Bruce Benson, David Rasmussen and David L Sollars
Empirical Evidence on the Publicness of State Legislative Activities pp. 47-58: Randall Holcombe and Russell Sobel
Check Bouncing and Fiscal Irresponsibility: Evidence of Nonideological Shirking by Legislators pp. 59-64: Willem Thorbecke and Sarah Matzelevich
Looking for a Smoking Gun: Committee Jurisdictions and Congressional Voting Decisions pp. 65-79: Charles R Shipan
Privately Informed Seekers of an Uncertain Rent pp. 81-93: Ronald Harstad
Win, Lose, or Withdraw: A Categorical Analysis of Career Patterns in the House of Representatives, 1948-1978 pp. 95-111: Dennis Coates and Michael Munger
Competitive-Share Group Formation in Rent-Seeking Contests pp. 113-26: Kyung Baik and Jason Shogren
Public Choice and the EPA: Empirical Evidence on Carbon Emissions Violations pp. 127-37: Franklin Mixon
Bureaucratic Tenure and Economic Performance in Centrally Planned Economies pp. 139-57: Roger L Faith and Nancy C Short
A Rational-Voter Explanation of the Cost of Ruling pp. 159-72: Martin Paldam and Peter Skott
How to Pay for the Peace? A Theoretical Framework with References to African Countries pp. 173-84: Jean-Paul Azam

Explaining the Vote for Slow Growth pp. 207-23: Jerrell Richer
Rent Seeking and Market Competition pp. 225-41: Huizhong Zhou
A General Model of Rent Seeking for Public Goods pp. 243-59: Khalid Riaz, Jason Shogren and Stanley R Johnson
Vouchers and Voting: An Initial Estimate Based on the Median Voter Model pp. 261-79: Peter Rangazas
Rent-Seeking, Political Influence and Inequality: A Simple Analytical Example pp. 281-305: Karl R Pedersen
Broadcasting System in Italy: Evolution and Perspectives pp. 307-24: Giuseppe Eusepi
Preferences, Loyalty and Party Choice pp. 325-40: John Hudson
Tax Authority to the European Parliament? pp. 341-57: Lorenz Nett
Privateering, State-Sponsored Violence as a Tragedy of the Commons: A Comment pp. 359-62: Gary M Anderson and Gifford, Adam,
Privateering, State Sponsored Violence as a Tragedy of the Commons: A Reply pp. 363-64: John A C Conybeare and Todd Sandler
Another Look at Whether Private Schools Influence Public School Quality: Comment pp. 365-73: Craig M Newmark
Private School Enrollment and Public School Performance: Reply pp. 375-79: Jim F Couch and William Shughart

Strategizing in Small Group Decision-Making: Host State Identification for Radioactive Waste Disposal among Eight Southern States pp. 1-15: Dennis Coates and Michael Munger
Institutional Technology and Economic Growth pp. 17-36: Philip K Porter and Gerald W Scully
The Political Economy of Dissonance pp. 37-51: Gordon L Brady, J R Clark and William L Davis
Tax Enforcement: A Public Choice Perspective pp. 53-67: William J Hunter and Michael Nelson
Utility Maximizing Bureaucrats: The Bureaucrat's Point of View pp. 69-83: K Hayes and L L Wood
Political Choice and the Child Labor Statute of 1938: Public Interest or Interest Group Legislation pp. 85-106: Audrey B Davidson, Elynor D Davis and Robert Ekelund
The Effect of the Secret Ballot on Voter Turnout Rates pp. 107-24: Jac Heckelman
Political pp. 125-34: Aymo Brunetti and Beatrice Weder di Mauro
Local Government Service Production: The Politics of Allocative Sluggishness pp. 135-57: Lars-Erik Borge, Jorn Rattso and Rune Sorensen
Third Parties in Equilibrium pp. 159-80: Simon Hug
Are Rents Fully Dissipated? Comment pp. 181-84: Gordon Tullock
The Cost of Rent Seeking: Reply pp. 185-88: William Dougan and James Snyder

Legislative Committees as Loyalty-Generating Institutions pp. 195-221: David C Coker and W. Crain
The Median Voter Hypothesis: Evidence from General Purpose Local Governments pp. 223-40: Geoffrey K Turnbull and Salpie Djoundourian
Evolutionary Voter Sophistication and Political Business Cycles pp. 241-61: Motoshi Suzuki
The Fragile Politics of Addiction pp. 263-75: David Levy
Pennies from Heaven: Entry Fees to a Socialist "Paradise." pp. 277-95: Klaus F Zimmermann and Thomas R Cusack
Organizational Slack in Subsidized Nonprofit Institutions pp. 297-321: Anton Duizendstraal and Andries Nentjes
The Impact of the Scandinavian Controversy about Just Taxation on Public Choice; a Late Homage to Einar Einarson pp. 323-38: Hans C Garmann Johnsen
A Cooperative Game Approach to Optimal Saving Theory: Toward a Constitution for Savings pp. 339-62: Francesco Forte
The Solution to the Tullock Rent-Seeking Game When R Is Greater Than 2: Mixed-Strategy Equilibria and Mean Dissipation Rates pp. 363-80: Michael Baye, Dan Kovenock and Casper de Vries
A New Framework for Testing the Effect of Government Spending on Growth and Productivity pp. 381-401: Pär Hansson and Magnus Henrekson

Political Shirking and the Last Term Problem: Evidence for a Party-Administered Pension System pp. 1-22: John Carey
Cooperative Rent-Seeking pp. 23-34: Bruce Linster
The First Word and the Last Word in the Budgetary Process: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Proposal and Veto Authorities pp. 35-53: James Dearden and David Schap
Informative and Persuasive Campaigning pp. 55-77: Dennis Mueller and Thomas Stratmann
Social Security and Intergenerational Redistribution: A Generational Accounting Perspective pp. 79-100: Stephan Boll, Bernd Raffelhuschen and Jan Walliser
Modelling Institutional Behaviour: A Microeconomic Analysis of University Management pp. 101-24: Vani Borooah
Cultural Institutions and Value Formation on the Art Market: A Rent-Seeking Approach pp. 125-35: Gianfranco Mossetto
Partisan Views on the Economy pp. 137-50: Otto Swank
The Political Economy of Centralization and the European Community pp. 151-90: Roland Vaubel
Migue and Belanger on Managerial Discretion: A Note pp. 191-93: A Duizendstraal and A Nentjes