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Public Choice Society Annual Meeting

San Antonio, Texas
   March 6 –9, 2005

2008 Annual Meeting  
Provisional Sessions program
Assignments program
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Last Name  First Name  Title  Coauthors 
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Anwar Mumtaz  Determinants of Corruption in Developing Countries  Ghulam Shabbir 
Ashby Nathan  Economic Freedom and Net Migration Flows in US States   
Ashworth John  Political Competition and Local Government Performance: Evidence from Flemish Municipalities  Benny Geys
Bruno Heyndels
Fanny Wille 
Austin D. Andrew Guaranteed Student Loans and Subsidies: Who Captures the Rents?  
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Bae Sang Hoo  Efficiency of Self-Bargaining with Internality  Attiat F. Ott 
Balsdon Edmund  Property Value Capitalization and Municipal Open Space Referenda   
Barrett Richard  Bubbles, Instability and Monetary Policy Games  Ioanna Kokores
Somnath Sen 
Baskaran Thushyanthan  Decentralization and Public Debt. Is There a Link? An Empirical Investigation for European Countries   
Berggren Niclas  Choosing One's Own Informal Institutions: On Hayek's Critique of Keynes's Immoralism   
Bergh Andreas  The Rise, Fall and Revival of a Capitalist Welfare State: What Are the Policy Lessons from the Swedish Success Story?   
Bjørnskov Christian Economic Growth and Institutional Reform in Modern Monarchies and Republics: A Historical Cross-Country Perspective 1820-2000 Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard
Bjørnskov Christian  Do Elites Benefit from Democracy and Foreign Aid in Developing Countries?   
Brams Steven  How Democracy Resolves Conflict in Difficult Games  D. Marc Kilgour 
Briggeman Jason  Protecting People against Terrorism: The Problem of Non-Replicable Targets  Jeremy Horpedahl 
Buehn Andreas  MIMIC Models, Co-Integration and Error Correction: An Application to the French Shadow Economy  Friedrich Schneider 
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Caporale Tony Take the Money and Run: Political Turnover, Rent Seeking and Economic Growth Jonathan Leirer
Carnis Laurent New Perspectives on the Economic Approach to Bureaucracy  
Coats Morris  And the Beat Goes on: Further Evidence on Voting on the Form of County Governance in the Midst of Public Corruption  G`khan Karahan
William F. Shughart II 
Colburn Christopher  Are Congressional Votes Influenced by the Stock Portfolios of Voting Legislators? (An Examination of Voting Behavior Related to the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention, Consumer Protection Act)  Ahmen El Bakry
Sylvia C. Hudgins 
Congleton Roger D.  Is It All about Competence? An Empirical Study in the Human Capital of US Presidents and Economic Performance  Yongjing Zhang
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de Mesnard Louis On the Talmud division: equity and robustness  
Dean Andrea  The Domino Theory: An Empirical Investigation  Peter T. Leeson 
Devaraj Nirupama Collective Action: The Case of Environmental Regulation Suchandra Basu
Dirmeyer Jennifer  Decline before Crisis: The Effect of Federal Expenditures on New Orleans' Residents   
Distaso Walter  Corruption and Referee Bias in Football: The Case of the Calciopoli Scandal  Leone Leonida
Dario Maimone
Ansaldo Patti
Pietro Navarra 
Dombrovsky Vyacheslav  Do Political Connections Matter? Firm-Level Evidence from Latvia   
Douhan Robin  The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship  Magnus Henrekson 
Dompe Stewart Overcoming the Collective Action Problem: A Case Study of the Holy League and the Battle of Lepanto  
Durant Clark  Consensus Make or Else Turn-Take: Lowering the Stakes of Electoral Contests with the Carry-Over Vote   
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Ertemel Sinan  Characterization of Certainty Equivalent Welfare Leximin Function   
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Facchini Francois  Inequalities and Growth: Are There Good and Bad Inequalities?   
Fasten Erik  On the Sustainability of Subnational Government Finance: A Panel Data Approach   
Fasten Erik  The Fiscal-Financial Transmission Channel: Asset Pricing in Germany  Nicola Giammarioli 
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Giuranno Michele  Pooling Sovereignty and Subsidiarity Principle   
Gomez-Ruano Gerardo Nonmonotonic Immigration Policy  
Grier Robin Elections, Exchange Rates and Central Bank Reform in Latin America Kevin Grier
Rodolfo Carmeno Bazan
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Harley Hugh  The Institutional Approach to Corruption   
Hathorn Michael The Rich Man's Burden: An Insight into the Ethics of Capitalism and the Power of Ethical Ideology  
Heckelman Jac  Personality Interests at the Constitutional Convention: New Tests of the Beard Thesis  Keith L. Dougherty 
Himmler Oliver  It's the Media, Stupid: How Media Activity Shapes Public Spending  Christian Bruns 
Ho Yi-Cheng  Evaluating Board Governance of Public Service Pension in Taiwan: A Case Study of the Supervisory Board of Public Service Pension Fund (SBPSP)  Don-yun Chen
Jenn-Shyong Kuo 
Hoffmann Magnus  The Social Benefit of War   
Holian Matt  Satisfaction and Turnout: Evidence from Citizen Satisfaction Surveys   
Holloway Garth  How Large Is Congressional Dependence in Agriculture? Bayesian Spatial Probit Analysis of Congressional Voting on the 2001 Farm Bill  Donald Lacombe
Timothy Shaughnessy 
Horpedahl Jeremy  The Economic Origins of Democracy in America: Public Goods Provision and Franchise Expansion   
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Ihori Toshihiro  Interregional Tax Competition, Intraregional Political Competition, and the Optimal Provision of Public Goods  C. C. Yang 
Imberman Scott  The Effect of Charter Schools on Non-Charter Students: An Instrumental Variables Approach   
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Jackson Jeremy  Earmarking and Gubernatorial Veto: Theory and Evidence   
Jordahl Henrik Pocketbook voting: New evidence from child care reforms Mikael Elinder
Panu Poutvaara
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Kaniovski Serguei Aggregation of Correlated Votes and Condorcet’s Jury Theorem  
Karlson Nils  Generality, State Neutrality and Unemployment in the OECD  Marcus Box
Almas Heshmati 
Kasdin Stuart Voter Decisionmaking, Uncertainty, and Political Accountability  
Kiefer David  Inflation Targeting, the Natural Rate and Expectations   
Koenig Tobias  (Post-)Materialistic Attitudes and the Mix of Capital and Labor Taxation   
Krasnozhon Leonid Public Choice of Privatization in Transition Economy  
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Laband David  Patriotism, Pigskins, and Politics: An Empirical Examination of Expressive Behavior and Voting  Ram Pandit
Anne M. Laband
John P. Sophocleus 
Langbein Laura Controlling Federal Agencies: The Contingent Impact of External Controls on Worker Discretion and Productivity  
Lawlor Graham  Coasean Soundness: A Transaction Cost Survey of the Law Market   
Lawson Robert  Examining the Hayek-Friedman Hypothesis on Economic and Political Freedom  J. R. Clark 
le Maux Benoît  Does Political Fragmentation Affect Public Expenditure?  Yvon Rocaboy
Timothy Goodspeed 
Leblanc William  Seats/Votes Responsiveness and Bias with Ideological Voters   
Leech Dennis  A Behavioural Power Index  Serguei Kaniovski 
LeSage James The Impact of Migration on Metro- and Non-Metro- Marginal Tax Prices for County Government Services  
López Edward  Pass a Law, Any Law, Fast! The States' (Somewhat) Symbolic Response to the Kelo Backlash  Noel D. Campbell
R. Todd Jewell 
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Maimone Ansaldo Patti Dario  Living in a Jungle or Together and in Peace?  Giuseppe Sobbrio 
Marciano Alain  The Early European "Federalism": Ambiguities of Talks about How to Walk Toward a Political Union  Jean-Michel Josselin 
Mendez Fabio  Corruption and Elections: An Empirical Study for a Cross-Section of Countries  Stefan Krause 
Merrill III Samuel Cycles in British Politics: 1832–2005 Bernard Grofman
Thomas Brunell
Merrill III Samuel

When Candidates Value Good Government: A Spatial Model with Applications to Congressional Elections

James Adams
Beth Simas
Walt Stone
Milani Fabio  Political Business Cycles in the New Keynesian Model   
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Nalepa Monika Coming to Terms with a Past: Electoral Turnovers and Coalitional Commitments in Slovakia’s Quest for a Lustration Law Jana Kunicová
Nam Chang Woon  Determinants of Intergovernmental Transfers for German Municipalities: A Case for Large Municipalities in Saxony  Peter Friedrich
Rudiger Parsche 
Nannicini Tommaso  Electoral Rules and Politicians' Behavior: A Micro Test  Stefano Gagliarducci
Paolo Naticchioni 
Neumann Andrew  Economic Sanctions   
Nilsson Therese  Do Economic Liberalization and Globalization Increase Income Inequality?  Andreas Bergh 
Nureev Rustem  Politico-economical Monopolism-Institutional Lock-In: Russian Case  Sergey Shulgin 
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Onorati Joseph  County gains, citizens lose: Why Using Public Policy Analysis Can Save Amelia County Money  Tom Duncan 
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Pecorino Paul  By-Product Lobbying: Was Stigler Right?   
Pitlik Hans  The Demand for Transparency: An Empirical Note  Bjoern Frank
Mathias Firchow 
Ponce-Rodriguez Raul Alberto Electoral Competition, Tax Design and the Tradeoff Between Redistribution and Efficiency  
Popova Anna Behavior Social Choice: A Status Report Michel Regenwetter
Bernard Grofman
William Messner
Clintin P. Davis-Stober
Daniel R. Cavagnaro
Potthoff Richard  Condorcet Polling   
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Rodríguez Francisco  The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuela's Maisanta  Chang-Tai Hsieh
Edward Miguel
Daniel Ortega 
Rumi Cecilia  Geographical Allocation of Budget Adjustments under a Discretional Executive  Walter Cont 
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Schnellenbach Jan  Still a Director's Law? On the Political Economy of Income Redistribution  Lars P. Feld 
Simonian Joseph  The Discursive Dilemma and Legislative Choice   
 
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Tellier Geneviève  Political determinants of taxes: an empirical analysis for the Canadian provinces   
Thomas Michael  The Political Economy of Repugnance   
Tideman Nicolaus  Evaluating Voting Rules by Their Probability of Success: An Empirical Analysis  Florenz Plassmann 
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Ujhelyi Gergely Competition and Coordination in Collective Action  
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Vlaicu Razvan  Executive Performance under Direct and Hierarchical Accountability Structures: Theory and Evidence   
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Wagner Richard Political Pricing and Economic Calculation: Dissolving a Theoretical Antinomy  
Warneryd Karl  Religion, Ritual, and Randomization   
Weinert Diana  Deregulation Despite Transitional Gains: The Brewers Guild of Cologne 1461   
Widgren Mika  Strategic Power in the EU Council in Consultation and Codecision Procedures  Stefan Napel
Wilson Bonnie Democracy and Volatility: Do Special-Interest Groups Matter?  Dennis Coates
Jac C. Heckelman 
Wollscheid Jim Party Discipline and Environmental Policy: The Role of "Smoke-Filled Back Rooms" Per G. Fredriksson
Y      
Yoon Yong Stochastic Demand, Specialization and Increasing Returns to top of page
Yoon Yong Stochastic Demand and the Extent of the Market: Another Piece of the Smith Puzzle James M. Buchanan
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Zubrickas Robertas An Evolutionary Argument for Inequity-Averse Preferences  
       
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Belova Eugenia "Hang Them All": Political Economy of Crime and Punishment Under Stalin  
Lazarev Valery Federalism in the Absence of Democracy: Intergovernmental Transfers to the Soviet Union in the 1940s-50s  
Sonntag Diana  Global Public Goods and Foreign Aid in the Shape of Subsidies   
Sonntag Diana  Providing Global Public Goods against AIDS: The Role of Aggregation Technologies