Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the social choice theory. There is social choice
problems, which deals with methods of marshalling information, particularly those relating to …

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 …

What determines the size and form of redistributive programs, the extent and type of public
goods provision, the burden of taxation across alternative tax bases, the size of government …

This is the first comprehensive critical evaluation of the use of rational choice explanations in
political science. Writing in an accessible and nontechnical style, Donald P. Green and Ian …

" Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest
barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being …

This paper models balanced-budget redistribution between socio-economic groups as the
outcome of electoral competition between two political parties. Equilibrium is unique in the …

This paper surveys work that uses spatial models of political competition to explain the
number of candidates and the positions that they take in plurality rule elections.///Modèles …

The traditional approach to modeling political parties' behavior, based upon the contribution
of Anthony Downs (1957), assumes that the parties' unique objective is to win elections …

This analysis demonstrates that important implications of the multidimensional voting model
are robust to significant changes in the model's assumptions.(1) If candidates in the model …

A formal model of electoral behavior is developed under the assumption that candidates
have policy preferences as well as an interest in winning per se. This model is shown to …