Democratic constitutional design and public policy : analysis and evidence / edited by Roger D. Congleton and Birgitta Swedenborg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Congleton, Roger D.

Swedenborg, Birgitta, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative government--Congresses.

Comparative government.

Political science--Decision making--Congresses.

Political science.

Rational choice theory--Congresses.

Rational choice theory.

Political planning--Congresses.

Political planning.

Policy sciences--Congresses.

Policy sciences.

Economic policy--Congresses.

Economic policy.

Constitutional law.

Political science--Decision making.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 373 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]

Summary:

Leading scholars in rational choice analysis present the public choice, new institutionalist, and new political economy perspectives on the political and economic effects of constitutional design and review the accumulating empirical evidence.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Rational Choice Politics and Institutions / Roger D. Congleton, Birgitta Swedenborg 1

I Voting Systems, Agency, and Public Policy 37

2 Direct Democracy: Designing a Living Constitution / Bruno S. Frey, Alois Stutzer 39

3 Constitutions and Economic Policy / Torsten Persson, Guido Tabellini 81

4 Party-Line Voting and Committee Assignments in the Mixed-Member System / Thomas Stratmann 111

II Legislative Decisions and Structure and Policy Outcomes 131

5 The Effects of Constitutions on Coalition Governments in Parliamentary Democracies / Daniel Diermeier, Hulya Eraslan, Antonio Merlo 133

6 On the Merits of Bicameral Legislatures: Intragovernmental Bargaining and Policy Stability / Roger D. Congleton 163

7 Bicameralism and Political Compromise in Representative Democracy / John Charles Bradbury, W. Mark Crain 189

III Decentralization and Federalism 203

8 Federalism: A Constitutional Perspective / Dennis C. Mueller 205

9 Common Tax Pool Problems in Federal Systems / Brian Knight 229

IV Legal Institutions, Regulation, and Economic Growth 249

10 Judicial Independence and Economic Development / Lars P. Feld, Stefan Voigt 251

11 Constitutions and Prosperity: The Impact of Legal and Economic Institutions on the Wealth of Nations / Randall G. Holcombe, Robert A. Lawson, James D. Gwartney 289

V Constitutional Design, Durability, and Stability 317

12 Amendment Procedures and Constitutional Stability / Bjorn Erik Rasch, Roger D. Congleton 319

13 Designing Constitutional Stability / Barry R. Weingast 343.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at a conference sponsored by the Center for Business and Policy Studies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0262033496

0262532808

OCLC:

62290632

Publisher Number:

9780262532808