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  Plenary Lectures
  		     
Last Name
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Brennan Public Choice and Its 'Society': A View from Down Under
 PCS    
Ledyard Voting, Public Good Mechanisms, and Efficiency PCS    
Pattanaik On Some Formulations of Rights and Freedom in Welfare Economics PCS    
Rubin Darwinian Politics
  		PCS    
  Papers
  		     
Last Name
  		Title Org.   Coauthors
Adams

Candidate Equilibrium and the Behavioral Model of Voter Choice and Turnout: Theoretical Results and an Empirical Test

 PCS   Merrill
Ahlert Public and Private Choices in Organ Donation PCS    
Ahrens Beyond the Big-Bang Enlargement of the EU: Preferences and the Need for Flexibility PCS   Meurers
Aldashev Voter Turnout and Political Rents: Theory and Evidence PCS    
Alger Voting by Proxy PCS    
Allegret Institutional Failures of Bretton Woods Institutions Conditionality PCS   Dulbecco
Annen Economic Returns to Social Capital in the Urban Informal Sector in Developing Countries: Micro Evidence from Small Textile Producers in Bolivia PCS    
Aparicio Campaign Finance Law and Primary Elections Competitiveness PCS   Stratmann
Arce M. Conspicuous by Its Absence: Ethics and Managerial Economics PCS    
Arvate Empirical Study over the Ideological Influence on Determination of Expenditure in the Brazilian Subnational Governments between 1986 and 1998 PCS   Ribeiro de Lucinda
Ashworth Determinants of Tax Innovation: The Case of Environmental Taxes in Flemish Municipalities PCS   Geys, Heyndels
Bailey Do Campaign Contributions Lead to Policies That Favor the Wealthy? An Examination of Taxing and Spending in the American States PCS   to top of page
Banaian Central Bank Independence, Contract-Intensive Money
and Economic Development: Any Relationship?		 PCS    
Bandyopadhyay Economic Reforms, Conflict Resolution and Leadership Quality:  A Model of Political Failure PCS   Oak
Barrett QALYs, Rights and the Optimal Provisions of Health Services
 PCS   Huang
Batabyal Corruption, Bribery, and Wait Times in the Public Allocation of Goods in Developing Countries PCS   Yoo
Batabyal Favoritism in the Public Provision of Goods in Developing
Countries		 PCS   Nijkamp
Bavetta Empirical Measure of Autonomous Choice PCS   Vecchi
Beckman Tax and Redistribution Experiment with Subjects that Switch from Risk Aversion to Risk Preference ESA    
Berggren Free to Trust? Economic Freedom and Social Capital PCS   Jordahl
Bergh Sustaining Cooperation through Rational Punishment of Defectors PCS   Engseld
Berliant Nonlinear Income Taxation and Revelation Principles: Continuity and Dynamics PCS   Ledyard
Besharov Constitutional Incompleteness and Influence Costs in Policy Formation PCS   to top of page
Bjørnskov Inequality, Tolerance, and Growth PCS    
Boockmann Participation and Voting Outcomes in Committees: Evidence from the ILO PCS    
Borck Contribution Shares in Alliances PCS   King, Zeckhauser
Bosman Exploring Group Decision Making in a Power-to-Take Experiment PCS   Hennig-Schmidt, van Winden
Bovi Nature of the Underground Economy: Some Evidence from OECD Countries PCS    
Brandauer Domestic Debt as a Commitment Device--Probabilistic Voting Model of Sovereign Debt PCS    
Brown Kruse Cognitive Hierarchy Model and Nash Equilibrium in Prisoners' Dilemma Game: An Experimental Study ESA   Saquef-Al Hait
Bueno de Mesquita Party Discipline with Electoral and Institutional Variation PCS   Ashworth
Bueno de Mesquita Party Discipline with Electoral and Institutional Variation
 PCS    
Cadigan Economics of Bipartisan Campaign Reform PCS    
Callander Political Motivations PCS    
Campos Does Lobbying Matter More Than Corruption in Less Developed Countries? PCS   Giovannoni
Caplan Behavioral Economics and Perverse Effects of the Welfare State PCS   Beaulier
Capuno Engendering Civic Participation through the Advocacy of Good Governance: An Assessment of the Gofordev Index PCS    
Cassill Mogul Games: A Model for Examining the Co-Evolution of Greed and Philanthropy PCS   Watkins
Chaudhuri A Dynamic Analysis of the Evolution of Conventions in a Public Goods Experiment with Intergenerational Advice ESA   Pushkar, Graziano
Chan Media as Watchdogs: The Role of News Media in Electoral Competition PCS    
Chaturvedi Strategic Government Behavior and Lobbying Under Asymmetric Information PCS    
Cho Bargaining Foundations of the Median Voter Theorem PCS   Duggan
Chortareas National Fiscal Policy Discipline in Common Currency Areas: Do Enforceable Rules Exist? PCS   Miller
Clarke How Corruption and Informality Affect the Seccess of Value-Added Taxes in Developing Countries PCS   to top of page
Coates Economic Activity, Volatility and Interest Groups PCS   Wilson
Coats Calculus of Conquests: The Decline and Fall of the Returns to Roman Expansion PCS   Pecquet
Coelho On the Rule of k Names PCS   Barberà
Colburn Relationship between City Taxes, Political Types, and City Growth PCS   Utanskul
Colomer It's Parties That Choose Electoral Systems (Or Duverger's Laws Upside Down) PCS    
Congleton Informational Limits on Public Policy
 PCS    
Cooper Formation of Social Preferences: An Experimental Study ESA    
Coughlin Probabilistic and Spatial Models of Voting PCS    
Craig Effect of Institutional Form on Airport Governance Efficiency PCS   Airola, Tipu
Crain, N. The Impact of Terrorism on National Economies PCS   Crain, M.
Crampton Distributive Politics in a Strong Party System: Evidence from Canadian Job Grant Programs PCS    
Davis, O. Government Management an Economic Growth PCS   Wang
Davis, D. Raising Revenues for Charity: Auctions versus Lotteries ESA   Razzolini, Reilly, Wilson
Deb Voting Rules for Optimal Cost Sharing of a Public Good PCS   Seo
Dharmapala A Median Voter Theorem for Postelection Politics PCS   Lehmann
Dluhosch Intraindustry Specialization, Fragmentation and the Gains from Trade PCS    
Dougherty The Properties of Even vs. Odd Committee Sizes PCS   Edwards
Dur Optimal Incentive Contracts When Workers Envy Their Boss PCS   Glazer
Dur

Politicians’ Motivation and the Quality of Government Decision Making

 PCS   Beniers
Eckel Detecting Trustworthiness: A Beauty Premium or Penalty? ESA   Wilson
Endersby News Consumption, Information Bias, and the Vote: A Spatial Model of Political Communication PCS    
Eslava Political Budget Cycles Without Deficits? PCS   Drazen
Eusepi Neither Behind Nor Beyond a Thick "Veil of Ignorance": The "Difference Principle" in the Impending European Constitution PCS   Angela
Evrenk Are Honest Citizens to Blame for Corruption? An Exercise in Political Economy of Tax Evasion PCS   to top of page
Evrenk Mackerels in the Moonlight: A Model of Corrupt Politicians PCS    
Feld Effect of Direct Democracy on Income Redistribution: Evidence for Switzerland ESA   Fischer, Kirchgässner
Feldmann Structural Reform Litigation
Remedial Bargaining and Bureaucratic Drift		 PCS   Bertelli
Ferrero Martyrdom Contracts PCS    
Ferris Do Political Factors Matter for Explaining Government Size in Canada? PCS   Park, Winer
Filippov Riker's Federal Theory and Federal Hypothesis PCS    
Florence Paradox of Rational Rent-Seeking PCS    
Fong Which Beliefs Matter for Redistributive Politics?  Target-Specific Versus General Beliefs about the Causes of Income PCS    
Fowler Habitual Voting and Behavioral Turnout ESA    
Fredriksson Political Institutions, Corruption and Policy Formation: The Case of Energy Policy PCS   Vollebergh
Fredriksson Trade Policy Formation: What's Welfare Got to Do with It? PCS   Damania
Freytag From Discretion to Rule Binding--Political Economy of Policy Reform in an Evolutionary Perspective PCS   Renaud
Frohlich Some Cracks in the Foundation of Public Choice ESA   Oppenheimer
Gangadharan An Experimental Study of Compliance and Leverage in Auditing and Regulatory Enforcement ESA   Cason
Gehlbach Taxability, the State, and Protection PCS   to top of page
Gick Political Economy of Deaning PCS   Weiner
Glazer Battles Over Trade Protection PCS    
Glazer How Rent Seeking Can Promote Efficiency PCS   Bucovetsky
Gokcekus Sweetening the Pot: How American Sugar Buys Protection PCS   Knowles, Tower
Gotwalt Collusion or Nobeless Oblige: The Effects of Bipartisanship on Government Spending
 PCS    
Grofman Evaluating the Impact of Test-Score Based Decisions on Differential Group Success PCS   Merrill
Groseclose A Measure of Media Bias PCS   Milyo
Gupta International Security-Provision: Unilateralism versus Multilateralism ESA    
Hafer Public Goods and Political Unions PCS   Landa
Hankins Certificate of Need Regulation and Health Outcomes PCS    
Hanson Adverse Selection in Group Insurance: The Virtues of Failing to Represent Voters PCS   to top of page
Hanson He Who Pays the Piper Must Know the Tune PCS    
Harbaugh Experimental Tests of Skill Signaling and Prospect Theory ESA    
Harbaugh Understatement of Good (but Not Great) News PCS   To
Harrison Estimating Risk Attitudes in Denmark: A Field Experiment ESA   Lau, Rutstrom
Harrison Experimental Evidence on Alternative Environmental Valuation Methods ESA    
Harrison Individual Choice and Risk Aversion in the Laboratory:
A Reconsideration		 ESA   Johnson, McInnes, Rutström
Heckelman Senate Elections with Independent Candidates PCS   Yates
Henning Proximity versus Directional Models of Voting: Different Concepts But One Theory PCS   Hinich, Shikano
Henning Election System, Legislative Organization and the Political Influence of Special Interest Groups: The Case of Agricultural Protection in Eastern European Countries PCS   Krause, Struve
Ho Effect of Legislative Structure and Political Parties in the State: Evidence from State Fiscal Policy PCS   Kuo
Holcombe Analysis of Florida's Referendum System for Determining the Median Voter's Preference PCS   Kenny
Husted Political Economy of U.S. Disaster Assistance Programs PCS   Nickerson
Hwang Rent-Seeking Coalitions, Gangs, and Politicians PCS    
Ida International Tax Competition and Double Taxation PCS    
Jankowski Altruism and the Decision to Vote: Explaining and Testing High Voter Turnout PCS   to top of page
Jasso Distributive Justice and CEO Compensation PCS   Milgrom
Jasso Justice and Status Effects of Subgroup Relative Size and Overall Economic Inequality on Social Distance PCS    
Jennings Political Leadership and Conflict PCS   Hamlin
Jennings Good, the Bad and the Populist: Political Agency and Yardstick Competition with Expressive Voting PCS    
Johns Information Asymmetries, Political Leadership, and the Incentives for Warfare PCS   Patty, Skinner
Jones Perfect Cake-Cutting Procedures with Money PCS   Brams, Klamler
Kaewsumrit Effect of Tax Sparing Credit on Foreign Direct Investment PCS    
Karahan Corrupt Political Jurisdictions and Voter Participation PCS   Coats, Shughart
Karlson Legitimacy and Constitutional Choice PCS    
Kasdin Campaign Contributions, Public Goods, and Government Accountability and Representativeness PCS    
Keech Democracy, Dictatorship and Economic Performance in Chile PCS    
Keefer Clientelism, Credibility and Democracy PCS    
Kerkvliet Legislative Mandates and Public Universities' Choices of Undergraduate Acceptance and Retention Rates PCS   Nowell
Kiefer Revealed (or Imposed) Social Preferences for Equality and Growth PCS   Khan
Kirchgässner Why Do Voters Participate? An Empirical Investigation for Swiss Referenda and Initiatives, 1981--99 PCS   Schulz
Knack Does Foreign Aid Increase Economic Freedom? PCS   Heckelman
Kocher Age and the development of trust and re-ciprocity ESA   Sutter
Kochetkova Number of Vice-Chairmen of the Government As an Indicator of Russian Economy Condition ESA   Mau, Nureev
Koester Virginia's Public Choice versus Cambridge's Political Economics PCS   Blankart
Konishi Inter-Governmental versus Inter-Source Emissions Trading When Firms Are Noncompliant PCS   to top of page
Konow Fairness Biases: The Effects of Stakes and Information PCS    
Kontorovich Median Voter Theorem in Ancient Athens PCS    
Kreft Importing Credible Monetary Policy: A Way for Transition Economies to Fight Inflation? PCS   Mafi-Kreft
Krupka Norm Salience and Observational History in Dictator Allocation Decisions ESA   Weber
Kuo Cost Efficiency Impact of University Operation Fund on Public Universities of Taiwan PCS   Ho
Kurrild-Klitgaard Buridan's Ass and the Calculus of Democratic Deliberation PCS    
Ladha Kleisthenes and the Ascent of Democracy: The Grand Synthesis of Politics PCS    
Lau Achieving Intertemporal Efficiency and Symmetry through Intratemporal Asymmetry: (Eventual) Turn Taking in a Class of Repeated Mixed-Interest Games PCS   Mui
Le Mechanism of Corruption and Political Instability PCS   Mehlkop, Graeff
Leech Weighted Voting Doesn't Work for the IMF and World Bank: Some Important Results from the Voting Power Approach PCS   Leech, Birckbeck
Li Communication and Communication Failure PCS    
Limao Contribution Caps and the Formation of Lobbies: Theory and Evidence PCS   Drazen
Lockard Another Consideration in Minority Vote Dilution Remedies: Rent Seeking PCS    
Lohmann Great Ideas in University Design, or the Secret History of the University PCS    
Lopes Financial Returns and a General Equilibrium Approach in a q,Y Space ESA   to top of page
López Incorporating Politics into Rent Seeking Games PCS   Godwin, Seldon
López Legislator Ideology and the Business Cycle PCS   Ramirez
López Pérez Anger and Guilt as Enforcers of Social Norms ESA    
Lott Non-voted Ballots, Voter Fatigue, and Race PCS    
Lutmar Are You with Me or against Me? Postwar Compliance and Domestic Institutions PCS    
Lutmar Fate of Leaders: A Competing Risks Approach PCS    
Maier Let! Me! Vote! - Result from an Experimental Study on the Effects of Rotation in Committees PCS   Bosman, Sadiraj, van Winden
Margolis Cognition and Extended Rational Choice: Some Early Results ESA    
Marktanner Democratization and Democratization Traps ESA    
Mateer Rent-Seeking: A Pedagogical Framework for Large Sections PCS    
Matsusaka Legislatures and the Initiative Process: Key Episodes in the 20th Century PCS    
Maurice A Political View of the 1988 Basel Accord and Its Contradictory Policy Consequences: Can Public Choice Explanations Prevail? PCS    
Mazza Direct vs. Delegated Lobbying in a Federation PCS   van Winden
McBride Crises, Coups, and Entry-Deterring Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa ESA    
McBride Discrete Public Goods under Threshold Uncertainty ESA    
McDonald Accurate and Responsive Representation through Pragmatic Political Parties PCS    
McGann Calculus of Consensual Democracy PCS   to top of page
McKee Congested Public Goods: Rationing versus Increasing Payments ESA   Murray
McLean Duverger's Law, Penrose's Power Index and the Unity of the United Kingdom PCS   McMillan, Leech
Mehta Material Conditions for Reform of the Welfare State: Insights from Adam Smith PCS    
Merrill Nash Equilibria for Policy-Seeking Parties in Multi-Party Contests PCS   Adams
Micevska Access to Judiciary by the Poor in India PCS    
Milante The Non-Monotonic Relationship Between Inequality and Conflict PCS    
Morris Numbers Game: Lotteries and Income Inequality in the States PCS   Freund
Munger Big Money, Small Money: Characteristics of Donors in the U.S. Presidential Elections of 2000 PCS   Cooper
Navarra Political Institutions and Economic Growth: Why Does Political Competition Affect Foreign Direct Investments in Developing Countries? PCS   Patti
Nerré   PCS    
New Tax and Expenditure Limitations: A Comparative Political Analysis PCS   to top of page
Nguema Extension of the Sense of Fairness PCS    
Niskanen Some Intriguing Findings about Federal Spending
 PCS   Van Doren
Norman Some Properties of Single Transferable Voting (STV) PCS    
Nureev Political Economy of the Media Bias: Russian Case ESA   Yanovskiy, Shulgin
Okui Examination of Economic System of World Countries by Unising Political Freedom Data and Economic Freedom Data PCS    
Olsen Economic Cooperation and Social Identity: Towards a Model of Economic Cross-Cultural Integration PCS    
Pajala Voting Power and Decision Rule ManipulationCA Brute Force Approach PCS    
Patty It's the Agenda: The Real Power of Parties in the U.S. Congress PCS   Penn
Pereira Freedom to Choose MPs: Electoral Systems, Proportionality and Ballot Structure PCS    
Peress A Comparison of Alternative Voting Rules PCS    
Potthoff A Cousin of Poole-Rosenthal Scores Provides Simplified Estimation of Legislator Positions
 PCS   to top of page
Poutvaara Violence in Supporter Groups PCS   Priks
Priks Rent Extraction through Corrupt Officials: Default Risk and Monitoring Costs PCS    
Primo Open vs. Closed Rules in Budget Legislation: A Result and an Application
 PCS    
Primo State Campaign Finance Laws and the Turnout Decision PCS   Milyo
Puglisi Spin Doctor Meets the Rational Voter: Electoral Competition with Agenda-Setting Effects PCS    
Ramirez Decline and Fall of the Glass-Steagall Act: The Role of PAC Contributions PCS    
Rhee Judicial Review and Market Institutions: Case of Korea
 PCS    
Ribeiro de Lucinda Study on the Decision-Making Process on the Exchange Rate in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru from 1970 to 1989 PCS   Arvate
Richman Policy Space and Ideological Space: Why the Issue Dimensionality of Political Systems Varies PCS   Wang
Rizzo Delegation of Powers and the Existence of Independent Authorities in Italy: A Public Choice Perspective PCS    
Roberson Strategic Non-Policy Campaigning and Spatial Competition PCS    
Roelfsema Political Institutions and Trade Protection PCS    
Rowley Political Economy of Antitrust PCS   Rathbone
Rubin Legal Systems as Frameworks for Market Exchanges PCS    
Rubinchik-Pessach Composition of Public Spending and the Architecture of a Cabinet PCS   Weber
Rutstrom Learning, Belief Elicitation, and Heterogeneity ESA   Wilcox
Rumi Political Determinants of Fiscal Performance for the Argentine Provinces ESA   to top of page
Sadni-Jallab Antidumping as Anticompetitive Practice: Evidence from the United States and the European Community PCS   Aussilloux, Kobak
Santore Contingency Fees and Efforts ESA   McKee, Shelton
Sanz What Do OECD Countries Cut First at a Time of Fiscal Adjustments? A Dynamic Panel Data Approach PCS   Velazquez
Sarangi The Role of Trust in Costly Network Formation ESA   Gilles
Schaltegger Spatial Spillovers in Metropolitan Areas: Evidence from Swiss Communes PCS   Zemp
Schneider Privatization in Austria: Some Theoretical Reasons and First Results about the Privatization Proceeds PCS   Belke
Schneider Shadow Economies around the World: What Do We Know? ESA   Klinglmair
Schwartz The Common Sen Cycle PCS    
Schwarz Lobbying and Transparency PCS   Epstein, Nitzan
Skinner Monotonicity Paradoxes, Mutual Cooperation, and the End of the Cold War PCS   Schwartz
Slutsky Private Information, Coasian Bargaining, and the Second Welfare Theorem PCS   Brito, Hamilton, Intriligator, Sheshinski
Snowberg Statistical Bias in Newspaper Reporting: The Case of Campaign Finance PCS   Ansolabehere, Snyder
Soumbatiants Using State Polls to Forecast U.S. Presidential Election Outcomes PCS   Chappell, Johnson
Stratmann Returns to Campaign Advertising PCS    
Stratmann Selling Favors in the Lab: Experiments on Campaign Finance Reform ESA   Houser, McCabe
Swistak The Emergence and Stability of Social Capital
 PCS    
Tavares, S. Explaining Changes in the EU's Customs Classificaton: New Products or Political Economy? PCS   to top of page
Tavares, J. Women Prefer Larger Governments: Female Labor Supply and Public Spending PCS   de V. Cavalcanti
Teles de Lima Salary differentials as a proxy of corruption: sub-national government expenditure in Brazil (1992 - 1998) PCS    
Thompson Constitutions as Organizational Anti-Monopoly Laws: The Rise of Modern Constitutional Government PCS    
Thompson Political Economy of Bubbles PCS   Treussard, Hickson
Thorbecke Interests, Ideology, and Fiscal Responsibility: An Analysis of Congressional Voting Patterns on Fiscal Policy PCS   Smith
Thuo Optimal Candidates Location for Spatial Theory of Voting When Voter’s Ideal Point Have a Double Normal Distribution
 PCS    
Tideman Secession as a Human Right PCS    
To Minimum Wages, Employment and Monopsonistic Competition
 PCS   Bhaskar
Torgler Effects of Culture on Tax Compliance: A Cross Check of Experimental and Survey Evidence PCS   Cummings, Martinez-Vazquez, McKee
Torgler Tax Morale in the United States and in Europe: A Cross-Country Analysis PCS   Alm
Toukan Privately Held or Publicly Owned? The Struggle for Corporate Control ESA    
Tuinstra Interest Group Size Dynamics and Policymaking PCS   Sadiraj, van Winden
Tullock Problems of Voting PCS    
Ueda Economic Model of a Kingdom Type of States: The Rational Foundation of Subject Contracts PCS   to top of page
Vachris Defense Planning and Budgeting: Evidence of Systemic Optimism PCS   Jordon
van Winden Impact of Social Ties on the Emotional Hazard of Expropriation ESA   Reuben
Vanberg Implications of Funding Asymmetries in a Model of Electoral Competition with Campaign Contributions and Rational Voters PCS    
Vlasenko Privatization and New Entry in Post-Communist Transition: The Impact on Restructuring PCS    
Westerhout Perverse Incentives and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa PCS    
Westley Are Political Parties Cost Minimizing?: A Panel Study of Campaign Spending and Primary Type PCS   Calcagno
Wickström Behavioral Sclerosis, Myopia, and the Evolution of the Welfare State PCS    
Widgrén EU Conciliation Committee: Council 56 versus Parliament 6 PCS   Napel
Wu Entrepreneurs from Wenzhou: A Case Study of Economic Freedom in China PCS   to top of page
Yalcin Voting Economy at the Stage of Economic Instability of Developing Countries PCS   Celebi
Yanovskiy Gresham's Theorem for Terrorists' Behavior and Government's Strategy Choice ESA    
Yates Citizen Participation in Pollution Permit Markets PCS   Malueg
Yildirim Contests with Multiple Rounds PCS    
Yoon Revealed Preferences, Subjective Utility, and Rationality in Politics PCS   Buchanan
Yoon Collapse of the North Korean Economy PCS    
Yoshihara On the Libertarian Assignment of Individual Rights PCS   Gotoh, Suzumura
Young Population Ratios and Ethnic/Linguistic Conflict PCS    
Zwiebel Persuasion Bias, Social Influence, and Unidimensional Opinions PCS   DeMarzo, Vayanos
         
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