| Description |
viii, 373 p. : ill. |
| Note |
Papers originally presented at a conference sponsored by the Center for Business and Policy Studies. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Rational choice politics and institutions / Roger D. Congleton and Birgitta Swedenborg -- Direct democracy : designing a living constitution / Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer -- Constitutions and economic policy / Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini -- Party-line voting and committee assignments in the mixed-member system / Thomas Stratmann -- The effects of constitutions on coalition governments in parliamentary democracies / Daniel Diermeier, Hulya Eraslan, and Antonio Merlo -- On the merits of bicameral legislatures : intragovernmental bargaining and policy stability / Roger D. Congleton -- Bicameralism and political compromise in representative democracy / John Charles Bradbury and W. Mark Crain -- Federalism : a constitutional perspective / Dennis C. Mueller -- Common tax pool problems in federal systems / Brian Knight -- Judicial independence and economic development / Lars P. Feld and Stefan Voigt -- Constitutions and prosperity : the impact of legal and economic institutions on the wealth of nations / Randall G. Holcombe, Robert A. Lawson, and James D. Gwartney -- Amendment procedures and constitutional stability / Bjrn Erik Rasch and Roger D. Congleton -- Designing constitutional stability / Barry R. Weingast. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Comparative government -- Congresses.
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Political science -- Decision making -- Congresses.
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Rational choice theory -- Congresses.
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Political planning -- Congresses.
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Policy sciences -- Congresses.
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Economic policy -- Congresses.
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Constitutional law.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Congleton, Roger D.
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Swedenborg, Birgitta, 1941-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0262033496 (alk. paper) |
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0262532808 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780262532808 |
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