Economics of Governance

2000 - 2025

Current editor(s): Amihai Glazer and Marko Koethenbuerger

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No Pretense to Honesty: County Government Corruption in Mississippi pp. 211-227: Gökhan Karahan, Laura Razzolini and William Shughart
The Nature of Corruption Deterrence in a Competitive Media Sector pp. 229-243: Samarth Vaidya
Corruption, Growth, and Income Distribution: Are there Regional Differences? pp. 245-269: Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong and Samaria de Gyimah-Brempong
Stability of Climate Coalitions in a Cartel Formation Game pp. 271-291: Michael Finus, Ekko van Ierland and Rob Dellink
The Impact of Compulsory Arbitration on Bargaining Behavior: An Experimental Study pp. 293-315: Alexander Kritikos

Why Voters Veto Vouchers: Public Schools and Community-Specific Social Capital pp. 109-132: William Fischel
Redistribution and the Nature of Altruism: Should Welfare Programs be Centralized or Decentralized? pp. 133-142: Kjetil Bjorvatn and Alexander Cappelen
Is there a Political Support for the Double Burden on Prolonged Activity? pp. 143-154: Georges Casamatta, Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
Property Rights Assignment: Conflict and the Implementability of Rules pp. 155-166: Kurt Annen
The Political Economy of Investment in Human Capital pp. 167-193: Jose Pineda and Francisco Rodríguez
Ambiguity in Electoral Competition pp. 195-210: Jean-François Laslier

Introduction pp. 1-2: Thomas Cusack, Amihai Glazer and Kai Konrad
When does universal peace prevail? Secession and group formation in conflict pp. 3-29: Francis Bloch, Santiago Sánchez-Pagés and Raphael Soubeyran
Selection institutions and war aims pp. 31-52: James Morrow, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Randolph Siverson and Alastair Smith
On thugs and heroes: Why warlords victimize their own civilians pp. 53-73: Jean-Paul Azam
Fighting against the odds pp. 75-87: Halvor Mehlum and Karl Ove Moene
Military expenditure in post-conflict societies pp. 89-107: Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler

Budget regimes and internal governance: considerations for the sustainability of fiscal policy pp. 199-209: Wm Mounts and Clifford Sowell
Intended electoral participation in transition countries pp. 211-228: Marta Orviska, Anetta Caplanova and John Hudson
Reviewing Oates' insights in a repeated game setting pp. 229-243: Oliver Koppel
Preemptive behavior in sequential-move tournaments with heterogeneous agents pp. 245-252: P.-J. Jost and Matthias Kräkel
Economic fragmentation in Russia: The influence of international trade and initial conditions pp. 253-268: Daniel Berkowitz and David DeJong

Special issue on the politics of corporate governance: Introduction pp. 91-92: Karl Wärneryd
All in the family or public? Law and appropriative costs as determinants of ownership structure pp. 93-104: Ramon Castillo and Stergios Skaperdas
A note on CEO compensation, elimination tournaments and bankruptcy risk pp. 105-111: Guido Friebel and Alexander Matros
Consulting experts with vested interests: The power of benchmarking pp. 113-123: Lars Frisell
Credit claiming pp. 125-137: Amihai Glazer and Bjorn Segendorff
Adverse selection in group insurance: The virtues of failing to represent voters pp. 139-157: Robin Hanson
Maximin choice of voting rules for committees pp. 159-175: Danilo Coelho
Influence costs and hierarchy pp. 177-197: Roman Inderst, Holger Müller and Karl Wärneryd

The rise of environmentalism, pollution taxes and intra-industry trade pp. 1-12: Toke Aidt
Frames of reference, the environment, and efficient taxation pp. 13-31: Ron Wendner
Competition as a track for preventing illegal immigration pp. 33-39: Nava Kahana and Tikva Lecker
Rules versus discretion - A disinflation case pp. 41-61: Roni Frish and Nir Klein
A responsive voting system pp. 63-74: Hannu Nurmi
Does better governance foster efficiency? An aggregate frontier analysis pp. 75-90: Pierre-Guillaume Méon and Laurent Weill

Multi-period rent-seeking contests with carryover: Theory and experimental evidence pp. 187-211: Pamela Schmitt, Robert Shupp, Kurtis Swope and John Cadigan
County capital cities, county public finance and county economic geography pp. 213-233: Kristof Dascher
Moral suasion: An alternative tax policy strategy? Evidence from a controlled field experiment in Switzerland pp. 235-253: Benno Torgler
A political economy model of immigration quotas pp. 255-267: J. Atsu Amegashie

Technology choice bias and limited liability pp. 103-118: Norman Ireland
The break-up of municipalities: Voting behavior in local referenda pp. 119-135: Anna Brink
The central government grant allocation problem in the presence of misrepresentation and cheating pp. 137-147: Guy Gilbert and Yvon Rocaboy
Budgetary shocks and revenue adjustment: How governments respond to unexpected fiscal shocks pp. 149-166: T. Snoddon
The impact of performance-based budgeting on state fiscal performance pp. 167-186: W. Crain and J. O’Roark

The political economy of the university: a research program pp. 1-7: Susanne Lohmann
Can’t the university be more like business? pp. 9-27: Susanne Lohmann
Markets, governance, and university priorities: Evidence on undergraduate education and research pp. 29-51: Robert Lowry
State competition in higher education: A race to the top, or a race to the bottom? pp. 53-75: Michael Bailey, Mark Rom and Matthew Taylor
More evidence that university administrators are utility maximizing bureaucrats pp. 77-101: Dennis Coates, Brad Humphreys and Michelle Vachris