We compare centralized and decentralized policy making in a federation in which policy
heterogeneity is inherently costly and preferences vary across jurisdictions: all jurisdictions …

Governments do not have perfect information regarding constituent priorities and needs.
This lack of knowledge opens the door for groups to lobby in order to affect the taxes they …

I reconcile competing accounts of decentralization and its effect on secessionist mobilization
by endogenizing the regional minority's grievance level in a dynamic framework. I …

Экономическая политика в современном мире является своеобразной
«равнодействующей» влияния множества территориальных центров государственной …

Legal scholars distinguish two modes of international legal cooperation: minimum legal
harmonization and full harmonization (ie. legal unification). These cooperative choices imply …

This paper compares the efficacy of a centralized and a decentralized rights structure in
determining the size of an externality‐generating project. Consider a central authority and …

We establish a link between the best system of government and the strength of inter-state
spillovers within a model of political competition with self-interested parties. We show the …

Политические и экономические отношения в современном мире редко ограничиваются
«контейнером» одного отдельно взятого государства, поэтому политические решения …

In this dissertation I analyze three different models of delegation. First, I explore how
delegation incentives change when the principal may lose power in the future in" Delegation …

This thesis examines political institutions, their effects on group conflict and compromise,
and the conditions under which majorities relinquish their monopoly on power and establish …