Public Choice

1966 - 2025

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Volume 187, issue 3, 2021

Post-communist predation: modeling reiderstvo practices in contemporary predatory states pp. 247-273

Bálint Madlovics and Bálint Magyar

More political representation, more economic development? Evidence from Turkey pp. 275-299

Jie Zhang

Favoring co-partisan controlled areas in central government distributive programs: the role of local party organizations pp. 301-319

Özge Kemahlıoğlu and Reşat Bayer

Is constitutionalized media freedom only window dressing? Evidence from terrorist attacks pp. 321-348

Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt

Does economic globalization affect government spending? A meta-analysis pp. 349-374

Philipp Heimberger

Government ideology and fiscal consolidation: Where and when do government parties adjust public spending? pp. 375-401

Helmut Herwartz and Bernd Theilen

Party switching and political outcomes: evidence from Brazilian municipalities pp. 403-438

Henrique Hott and Sergio Naruhiko Sakurai

Ignoring the Electoral College: why public choice economists understate the probability of decisive voters pp. 439-454

Dwight R. Lee

Taxation, infrastructure, and firm performance in developing countries pp. 455-480

Lisa Chauvet and Marin Ferry

Party leaders and voter responses to political terrorism pp. 481-499

Benny Geys and Øystein Hernæs

Power-sharing negotiation and commitment in monarchies pp. 501-518

Kana Inata

Peter J. Boettke, F. A. Hayek: Economics, political economy and social philosophy pp. 519-521

Mark Pennington

Michael Albertus and Victor Menaldo: Authoritarianism and the elite origins of democracy pp. 523-525

Paul Dragos Aligica

Heiner Rindermann (2018) Cognitive capitalism: human capital and the wellbeing of nations. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, xvi + 576 pp, USD 44.99 (paperback) pp. 527-531

Fritz Söllner

Hilton L. Root: Network Origins of the Global Economy: East vs. West in a Complex Systems Perspective pp. 533-535

Mark Koyama

Volume 187, issue 1, 2021

Introduction: a special issue in honoring Janos Kornai pp. 1-13

Mehrdad Vahabi

1956 in Hungary: as I saw it then and as I see it now pp. 15-26

János Kornai

Marx after Kornai pp. 27-32

Amartya Sen

Commissioned editorial commentary: exchange between Janos Kornai and Amartya Sen on Karl Marx pp. 33-36

Mehrdad Vahabi

Socialism and Kornai’s revolutionary perspective pp. 37-54

Mehrdad Vahabi

Kornai’s Overcentralization and naïve empiricism pp. 55-62

Paul R. Gregory

Janos Kornai: a non-mainstream pathway from economic planning to disequilibrium economics pp. 63-83

Wladimir Andreff

János Kornai, the Austrians, and the political and economic analysis of socialism pp. 85-97

Peter J. Boettke and Rosolino A. Candela

Kornai goes to Kenya pp. 99-110

Peter Leeson, Colin Harris and Andrew Myers

New evidence on the soft budget constraint: Chinese environmental policy effectiveness in SOE-dominated cities pp. 111-142

Mathilde Maurel and Thomas Pernet

Disruptive innovation and R&D ownership structures pp. 143-163

Di Guo, Haizhou Huang, Kun Jiang and Chenggang Xu

Culture, institutions and democratization* pp. 165-195

Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Gérard Roland

Kornai on the affinity of systems: Is China today an illiberal capitalist system or a communist dictatorship? pp. 197-216

Peter Mihalyi and Iván Szelényi

Is there a demand for autocracies in Europe? Comparing the attitudes of Hungarian and Italian university students toward liberal democratic values inspired by János Kornai pp. 217-233

Miklos Rosta and László Tóth

Hungary's U-turn in Kornai's system paradigm perspective: a case for national authoritarian capitalism pp. 235-245

Pierre-Yves Hénin and Ahmet Insel

Volume 186, issue 3, 2021

Investigation in search of truth pp. 223-228

Arye Hillman and Heinrich Ursprung

Salem with and without witches, and also Geneva and Berlin pp. 229-239

Peter Nannestad

Correction to: The transformation of supreme values: Evidence from Poland on salvation through civic engagement pp. 241-241

Jan Fałkowski and Przemysław J. Kurek

Islamic constitutions and religious minorities pp. 243-265

Moamen Gouda and Jerg Gutmann

Third-party intervention in the presence of supreme values pp. 267-274

Artyom Jelnov

Harming a favored side: an anomaly with supreme values and good intentions pp. 275-285

Arye Hillman

Stable money and central bank independence: implementing monetary institutions in postwar Germany pp. 287-308

Carsten Hefeker

The limits of central bank independence for inflation performance pp. 309-335

Jamus Lim

The political economy of hyperinflation in Venezuela pp. 337-350

Giovanni B. Pittaluga, Elena Seghezza and Pierluigi Morelli

The role of ECB communication in guiding markets pp. 351-383

Marc Anderes, Alexander Rathke, Sina Streicher and Jan-Egbert Sturm

Correction to: Economic growth and political extremism pp. 385-385

Markus Brückner and Hans Peter Grüner

Ineffective fiscal rules? The effect of public sector accounting standards on budgets, efficiency, and accountability pp. 387-412

Florian Dorn, Stefanie Gaebler and Felix Roesel

Do banking crises improve democracy? pp. 413-446

Beni Kouevi-Gath, Pierre-Guillaume Méon and Laurent Weill

Egalitarianism and the democratic deconsolidation: Is democracy compatible with socialism? pp. 447-465

François Facchini and Mickael Melki

The scope of political jurisdictions and violence: theory and evidence from Africa pp. 467-490

Jordan Adamson

Elections, the curse of competence and credence policies pp. 491-511

Hans Gersbach

Partisan bias in inflation expectations pp. 513-536

Oliver Bachmann, Klaus Gründler, Niklas Potrafke and Ruben Seiberlich

Public perceptions and bond markets during the Great War: the case of a neutral country pp. 537-561

Christoph Schaltegger and Lukas A. Schmid

Education, political discontent, and emigration intentions: evidence from a natural experiment in Turkey pp. 563-585

Z. Eylem Gevrek, Pinar Kunt and Heinrich Ursprung

The Meaningful Votes: Voting on Brexit in the British House of Commons pp. 587-617

Toke Aidt, Felix Grey and Alexandru Savu

Volume 186, issue 1, 2021

Constitutional political economy: Ulysses and the prophet Jonah pp. 1-6

Arye Hillman

Giuseppe Eusepi: a courageous and cheerful countenance for the ages pp. 7-8

Richard E. Wagner

Child-raising cost and fertility from a contest perspective pp. 9-28

Bing Xu and Maxwell Pak

The political economy of voluntary public service pp. 29-61

Arup Bose, Debashis Pal and David Sappington

Is justice blind? Evidence from federal corruption convictions pp. 63-95

Lewis Davis and K. R. White

The cyclicality of government foreign-aid expenditure: voter awareness in “good” times and in “bad” pp. 97-117

Andrew Abbott and Philip Jones

The interest group origins of the Bank of France pp. 119-140

Louis Rouanet

Will quadratic voting produce optimal public policy? pp. 141-148

John C. Goodman and Philip K. Porter

Do refugees impact voting behavior in the host country? Evidence from Syrian refugee inflows to Turkey pp. 149-178

Onur Altindag and Neeraj Kaushal

What determines preferences for an electoral system? Evidence from a binding referendum pp. 179-208

Guillem Riambau, Steven Stillman and Geua Boe-Gibson

Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.: Openness to creative destruction: sustaining innovative dynamism pp. 209-210

Peter J. Boettke

Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl (2020) Quagmire in Civil War. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, xxv + 319 pp, USD 32.99 (paperback) pp. 211-214

Garrett R. Wood

Michael Suk-Young Chwe, Jane Austin: Game theorist pp. 215-219

Marek M. Kaminski

Arye L. Hillman: Public finance and public policy: a political economy perspective on the responsibilities and limitations of government pp. 221-222

Randall Holcombe