We inventory more than 150 studies of distributive politics in more than three dozen
countries other than the United States. We organize existing studies under two theories …

The impact of money on politics—whether through campaign finance, lobbying, or
independent expenditure—raises key normative questions about democratic representation …

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy.
Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate …

This book represents a considerable revision and expansion of Public Choice II (1989). As
in the previous additions, all of the major topics of public choice are covered. These include …

The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or
rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases …

As strategies for achieving sustainable growth in develo** countries are re-examined in
light of the financial crisis, it is critical to take into account structural change and its corollary …

Using novel indicators of political connections constructed from campaign contribution data,
we show that Brazilian firms that provided contributions to (elected) federal deputies …

This landmark theoretical book is about the mechanisms by which special interest groups
affect policy in modern democracies. Defining a special interest group as any organization …

This paper uses publicly released audit reports to study the effects of disclosing information
about corruption practices on electoral accountability. In 2003, as part of an anticorruption …

We construct a model to study the implications of changes in political institutions for
economic institutions. A change in political institutions alters the distribution of de jure …