Oxford The Oxford Handbook Of Political Economy

1112 Pages·2006·6.47 MB·English

by  Barry R. Weingast

the oxford handbook of
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POLITICAL
ECONOMY
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Editedby
BARRY R. WEINGAST
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DONALD A. WITTMAN
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the oxford handbook of
POLITICAL
ECONOMY
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General Editor: Robert E. Goodin
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AbouttheContributors xiii
PART I INTRODUCTION
1. TheReachofPoliticalEconomy 3
BarryR.Weingast&DonaldA.Wittman
PART II VOTERS, CANDIDATES,
AND PRESSURE GROUPS
2. Voters,Candidates,andParties 29
StephenAnsolabehere
3. RationalVotersandPoliticalAdvertising 50
AndreaPrat
4. CandidateObjectivesandElectoralEquilibrium 64
JohnDuggan
5. PoliticalIncomeRedistribution 84
JohnLondregan
6. TheImpactofElectoralLawsonPoliticalParties 102
BernardGrofman
PART III LEGISLATIVE BODIES
7. LegislaturesandParliamentsinComparativeContext 121
MichaelLaver
8. TheOrganizationofDemocraticLegislatures 141
GaryW.Cox
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9. CoalitionGovernment 162
DanielDiermeier
10. DoesBicameralismMatter? 180
MichaelCutrone&NolanMcCarty
PART IV INTERACTION OF THE LEGISLATURE,
PRESIDENT, BUREAUCRACY,
AND THE COURTS
11. TheNewSeparation-of-PowersApproachtoAmericanPolitics 199
RuiJ.P.deFigueiredo,Jr.,TonjaJacobi
&BarryR.Weingast
12. Pivots 223
KeithKrehbiel
13. ThePoliticalEconomyoftheUSPresidency 241
CharlesM.Cameron
14. Politics,Delegation,andBureaucracy 256
JohnD.Huber&CharlesR.Shipan
15. TheJudiciaryandtheRoleofLaw 273
MathewD.McCubbins&DanielB.Rodriguez
PART V CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY
16. Constitutionalism 289
RussellHardin
17. Self-EnforcingDemocracy 312
AdamPrzeworski
18. ConstitutionsasExpressiveDocuments 329
GeoffreyBrennan&AlanHamlin
19. TheProtectionofLiberty,Property,andEquality 342
RichardA.Epstein
20.Federalism 357
JonathanA.Rodden
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PART VI SOCIAL CHOICE
21. SocialChoice 373
HervéMoulin
22. AToolKitforVotingTheory 390
DonaldG.Saari
23. InterpersonalComparisonsofWell-Being 408
CharlesBlackorby&WalterBossert
24.FairDivision 425
StevenJ.Brams
PART VII PUBLIC FINANCE
AND PUBLIC ECONOMICS
25. StructureandCoherenceinthePoliticalEconomyofPublicFinance 441
StanleyL.Winer&WalterHettich
26.PoliticalEconomyofFiscalInstitutions 464
JürgenvonHagen
27. VotingandEfficientPublicGoodMechanisms 479
JohnLedyard
28.FiscalCompetition 502
DavidE.Wildasin
PART VIII POLITICS AND MACROECONOMICS
29.TheNon-PoliticsofMonetaryPolicy 523
SusanneLohmann
30.Political-EconomicCycles 545
RobertJ.Franzese,Jr.,&KarenLongJusko
31. VotingandtheMacroeconomy 565
DouglasA.Hibbs,Jr.
32. ThePoliticalEconomyofExchangeRates 587
J.LawrenceBroz&JeffryA.Frieden