▪ Abstract The predominant normative justification for research on economic voting has been
its essential role in shaping democratic accountability. A systematic examination of this …

The agricultural and food sector is an ideal case for investigating the political economy of
public policies. Many of the policy developments in this sector since the 1950s have been …

We test between cooperative and extractive theories of the origins of government. We use
river shifts in southern Iraq as a natural experiment, in a new archeological panel dataset. A …

" Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest
barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being …

Poverty relief programs are shaped by politics. The particular design which social programs
take is to a large extent determined by the existing institutional constraints and politicians' …

During the past two generations, democratic forms have coexisted with massive increases in
economic inequality in the United States and many other advanced democracies. Moreover …

The central question in taxation and development is:“how does a government go from
raising around 10% of GDP in taxes to raising around 40%?” This paper looks at the …

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy.
Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate …

This book represents a considerable revision and expansion of Public Choice II (1989). As
in the previous additions, all of the major topics of public choice are covered. These include …

What determines the size and form of redistributive programs, the extent and type of public
goods provision, the burden of taxation across alternative tax bases, the size of government …