Local Government Economics progresses on from the author's earlier book, Public Sector
Economics, addressing many of the same themes but at a more advanced level, and …

Dennis C. Mueller illuminates the links between the structure of democratic government and
the outcomes it achieves by drawing comparisons between American and foreign …

This book aims to extend the current research and debate in constitutional economics by
using a positive economics approach. Born out of discontent with the current state in …

What is the nature and role of competition in markets and politics? This book examines the
institutional dimension of markets and the rules and institutions that condition the operation …

This paper examines school structure, spending, and performance relationships in
California and finds considerable support for the public exchange model that predicts that …

With the renewed interest in domestic and welfare policies, the design of social services
delivery systems is likely to take on greater importance in policy-making and planning …

Policies that promote residential mobility and increase the knowledge of the consumer-voter
will improve the allocation of government expenditures in the same sense that mobility …

This edited collection looks at the emerging relationship between politics and economics.
The analysis of power relations-traditionally the focus of political science-is becoming …

English summary: The authors pick up the current discussion on taxation policy and tax
competition. They provide a readily comprehensible description of tax competition …

This paper develops a model of public exchange whereby voters and education policy
makers exchange with one another within school districts. Because school district …