Publications
Seminar and Conference Papers
- Federalism and Democracy: Self-Enforcing Equilibria
- by Rui J. P. de Figueiredo, Jr., and Barry R. Weingast
- How are constitutional rules sustained? The general problem concerns how to structure the political game so that all the players – elected officials, the military, economic actors, and citizens...
- Publication Type: Conference Paper-WCFIA Conference
- Published Date: March 2001 More
- Inequality, Social Insurance and Redistribution
- by Karl Ove Moene and Michael Wallerstein
- Is the political support for welfare policy higher or lower in less egalitarian societies? We answer the question using a model of welfare policy as publicly financed insurance that pays benefits in...
- Publication Type: Conference Paper-WCFIA Conference
- Published Date: January 2001 More
- Redistributing Income under Proportional Representation
- by David Austen-Smith
- Although majoritarian decision rules are the norm in legislatures, relatively few democracies use simple majority rule at the electoral stage, adopting instead some form of multiparty proportional...
- Publication Type: Conference Paper-WCFIA Conference
- Published Date: December 2000 More
- The Institutional Determinants of Economic Policy Outcomes
- by Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins
- Why do some democracies choose economic policies that promote economic growth, while others seem incapable of prospering? Why are some polities able toprovide the public goods that are necessary for...
- Publication Type: Conference Paper-WCFIA Conference
- Published Date: May 2000 More
- A Structural Model of Government Formation
- by Daniel Diermeier and Antonio Merlo
- In this paper we estimate a bargaining model of government formation in parliamentary democracies. We use the estimated structural model to conduct policy experiments aimed at evaluating the impact...
- Publication Type: Conference Paper-WCFIA Conference
- Published Date: December 1999 More
- Ties that Bind? International Linkage and Competitive Authoritarian Regime Change in Africa, Latin America, and Postcommunist Eu
- by Levitsky, Steven
- Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 27–30, 2003. The authors thank Alicia Llosa, Peter Schwartzstein, Hillel Soifer,...
- Publication Type: Conference Paper
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