Constitutional economics and public institutions / edited by Francisco Cabrillo, Miguel A. Puchades-Navarro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cabrillo, Francisco, 1950-

Puchades-Navarro, Miguel A.

Series:

New thinking in political economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Economic policy--Case studies.

Economic policy.

Social choice.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2013]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Foundations Of Constitutional Economics

1.Presuppositions in the evaluation of rules / James M. Buchanan

2.Buchanan, Hobbes and contractarianism: the supply of rules? / Giuseppe Eusepi

pt. II Constitutional Political Economy: Case Studies

3.Economics governance in the European Union: a problem of legitimacy / Sean Fitzpatrick

4.Early Spanish liberalism and constitutional political economy: the Cadiz Constitution of 1812 / Roger D. Congleton

5.Reforms and decentralization: friends or foes? / Pierre Salmon

6.Democracy-preserving institutions: the quasi-federal system of South Africa / Giorgio Brosio

pt. III Political Competition And Voting

7.On Machiavelli's conspiracy paradoxes / Manfred J. Holler

8.A general measure of the `effective' number of parties in a political system / Vani K. Borooah

9.Party competition and electoral turnout: Downs's calculus in a multiparty system / Hannu Nurmi

Contents note continued: pt. IV Public Choice And Public Policy

10.The political economy of Dutch Disease: a survey / Martin Paldam

11.Higher education as private good and as quasi public good: the case of Italy / Francesco Forte

12.The actual role of government intervention for the recovery of the Italian economy / Gian Cesare Romagnoli

13.Government bankruptcy of Balkan nations and the consequences for money and inflation before 1914: a comparative analysis / Peter Bernholz

pt. V Extensions In Public Choice Theory

14.Regulator preferences and lobbying efforts in rent-seeking contests / Juan D. Montoro-Pons

15.Cooperation in multilateral PDs: self-selected vs pre-defined groups / Viktor J. Vanberg

16.Voluntary provision of public goods / Miguel A. Puchades-Navarro

17.Awards play an important role / Susanne Neckermann

18.The optimal Babel: an economic framework for the analysis of dynamic language rights / Bengt-Arne Wickstrom

Contents note continued: 19.A theory of conversion to exclusive religious and political faiths / Mario Ferrero.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1781003963

1781003971

9781781003961

9781781003978

OCLC:

855861071

Publisher Number:

60001812866