Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition

Edited by Michael Reksulak, Georgia Southern University, Laura Razzolini, University of Alabama and William F. Shughart II, J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice, Utah State University, US

• Contents:Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionPART I: THE CHOICE IN PUBLIC CHOICE1. Individual Choice and Collective Choice: An OverviewMichael Reksulak, Laura Razzolini and William F. Shughart II2. Public Choice: The Origins and Development of a Research ProgramCharles K. Rowley3. Political Science and Public ChoiceMichael C. MungerPART II: THE FRAMEWORK OF GOVERNMENT4. The Origins of the StateDennis C. Mueller5. Constitutional Political EconomyAlan Hamlin6. Autocrats and DemocratsArmando RazoPART III: SYSTEMS OF COLLECTIVE DECISION-MAKING7. Expressive VotingGeoffrey Brennan and Michael Brooks 8. Direct DemocracyJohn G. Matsusaka9. LegislaturesNicole V. Crain and W. Mark Crain10. ParliamentsFabio Padovano11. Federal SystemsRandall G. Holcombe12. Tribal SystemsMwangi S. Kimenyi and Olumide TaiwoPART IV: PUBLIC CHOICE ANALYSES OF THE TOOLS OF GOVERNMENT13. The Politics of Elections and Congressional OversightRussell S. Sobel and Adam Pellillo14. Judges: Why do they Matter?Robert K. Fleck and F. Andrew Hanssen15. Monetary PolicyRob Roy McGregor 16. Fiscal PolicyJ. Stephen Ferris17. Regulatory PolicyAmihai Glazer18. The Public Choice Perspective on Antitrust LawFred S. McChesney and Katherine M. Larkin-WongPART V: PUBLIC CHOICE PERSPECTIVES ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNED 19. Rent SeekingArye L. Hillman20. Campaign FinanceThomas Stratmann21. Public Choice and the LawPaul H. Rubin and Joanna M. Shepherd22. Public Choice and the Modern Welfare StateRoger D. Congleton with Alberto Batinti, Feler Bose, Youngshin Kim and Rinaldo Pietrantonio23. Public Choice and Public EducationLawrence W. Kenny24. Public Choice and ReligionRobert B. Ekelund Jr and Robert D. Tollison25. Experimental Public ChoiceLaura Razzolini26. Evolutionary Public ChoiceUwe Cantner and Michael WohlgemuthPART VI: PUBLIC CHOICE PERSPECTIVES ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL ACTORS27. International OrganizationsRoland Vaubel28. The Political Economy of War and PeaceChristopher J. Coyne and Adam Pellillo29. Collective Action and (Counter) TerrorismDaniel G. Arce M.ReferencesIndex

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