Research classified by Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes

1. Economic Policy and Policy-Making in the European Union

2008

• Tim Bale & Barry Reilly & Robert Witt, 2008, "Determining Constituency Marginality in the UK Using the Expense Claims of MPs," School of Economics Discussion Papers, School of Economics, University of Surrey, number 0108, Jan.
• Jan Vandekerckhove & Raymond De Bondt, 2008, "Asymmetric Spillovers And Investments In Research And Development Of Leaders And Followers," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 17, issue 5, pages 417-433, DOI: 10.1080/10438590701356041.
• Heikki Kauppi & Mika Widgrén, 2008, "Do Benevolent Aspects Have Room in Explaining EU Budget Receipts?," Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics, number 38, Sep.
• Mikael Elinder & Henrik Jordahl & Panu Poutvaara, 2008, "Selfish and Prospective. Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting," Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics, number 40, Oct.
• Roland Bénabou, 2008, "Joseph Schumpeter Lecture Ideology," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, volume 6, issue 2-3, pages 321-352, 04-05.
• Marina Azzimonti & Eva de Francisco & Per Krusell, 2008, "Aggregation and Aggregation," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, volume 6, issue 2-3, pages 381-394, 04-05.
• Job Swank & Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2008, "How Committees of Experts Interact with the Outside World: Some Theory, and Evidence from the FOMC," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, volume 6, issue 2-3, pages 478-486, 04-05.
• Brian Roberson, 2008, "Pork-Barrel Politics, Targetable Policies, and Fiscal Federalism," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, volume 6, issue 4, pages 819-844, June.
• Per Pettersson-Lidbom, 2008, "Do Parties Matter for Economic Outcomes? A Regression-Discontinuity Approach," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, volume 6, issue 5, pages 1037-1056, September.
• Matthias Dahm & Nicolás Porteiro, 2008, "Side Effects of Campaign Finance Reform," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, volume 6, issue 5, pages 1057-1077, September.
• Martin J. Osborne & Rabee Tourky, 2008, "Party Formation in Single-Issue Politics," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, volume 6, issue 5, pages 974-1005, September.
• José Tavares, 2008, "Trade, Factor Proportions, and Political Rights," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, volume 90, issue 1, pages 163-168, February.
• Schweinzer, Paul & Segev, Ella, 2008, "The optimal prize structure of symmetric Tullock contests," Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich, number 250, Nov.
• Vindigni, Andrea, 2008, "Uncertainty and the politics of employment protection," POLIS Working Papers, Institute of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS, number 106, May.
• Per G. Fredriksson & Xenia Matschke & Jenny Minier, 2008, "Environmental Policy in Majoritarian Systems," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-01, Jan, revised Sep 2009.
• Mwangi S. Kimenyi & William F. Shughart II, 2008, "The Political Economy of Constitutional Choice: A Study of the 2005 Kenyan Constitutional Referendum," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-08, Mar.
• Michael Bratton & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2008, "Voting in Kenya: Putting Ethnicity in Perspective," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-09, Mar.
• Eric Brunner & Stephen L. Ross & Ebonya Washington, 2008, "Economics and Ideology: Causal Evidence of the Impact of Economic Conditions on Support for Redistribution and Other Ballot Proposals," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-18, Jun, revised Aug 2008.
• Vicki Knoblauch, 2008, "Recognizing a Single-Issue Spatial Election," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-26, Aug.
• Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Roxana Gutierrez Romero, 2008, "Tribalism as a Minimax-Regret Strategy: Evidence from Voting in the 2007 Kenyan Elections," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-35, Jun.
• Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Roxana Gutierrez Romero, 2008, "Identity, Grievances, and Economic Determinants of Voting in the 2007 Kenyan Elections," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-38, Sep.
• Vicki Knoblauch, 2008, "Recognizing One-Dimensional Euclidean Preference Profiles," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-52.
• Paola Conconi & Giovanni Facchini & Maurizio Zanardi, 2012, "Fast-Track Authority and International Trade Negotiations," ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number 2013/137521.
• Paola Conconi & Nicolas Sahuguet & Maurizio Zanardi, 2014, "Democratic Peace and Electoral Accountability," ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number 2013/145492.
• Paola Conconi & Carlo Perroni, 2012, "Conditional versus Unconditional Trade Concessions for Developing Countries," ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number 2013/98541, May.
• Jeffrey Milyo & David M. Konisky & Lilliard E. Richardson, Jr., 2008, "Explaining Public Attitudes on State Legislative Professionalism," Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Missouri, number 0812, Oct.
• Soubeyran, R., 2008, "Does a Disadvantaged Candidate Choose an Extremist Position?," Working Papers MoISA, UMR MoISA : Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (social and nutritional sciences): CIHEAM-IAMM, CIRAD, INRAE, L'Institut Agro, Montpellier SupAgro, IRD - Montpellier, France, number 200801.
• Alex Coram, 2008, "The dynamics of resource spending in a competition between political parties: general notes on the Red Queen effect," UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics, number 2008-01, Jan.
• d'Exelle, B. & Riedl, A.M., 2008, "Elite capture, political voice and exclusion form aid: an experimental study," Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization (METEOR), number 024, Jan, DOI: 10.26481/umamet.2008024.
• Pedro Manuel Rodríguez Suárez & Elvio Accinelli Gamba, 2008, "Regionalismo y cooperacion economica en america del norte," Estudios Economicos, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Departamento de Economia, volume 25, issue 51, pages 97-114, July-dece.
• Josep M. Colomer & Humberto Llavador, 2008, "An agenda-setting model of electoral competition," Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, number 1070, Feb, revised Sep 2010.
• Stephan Litschig & Yves Zamboni, 2008, "Judicial presence and rent extraction," Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, number 1143, May, revised Dec 2012.
• Stephan Litschig, 2008, "Are rules-based government programs shielded from special-interest politics? Evidence from revenue-sharing transfers in Brazil," Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, number 1144, Aug, revised May 2012.
• Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto & Maria Petrova & Ruben Enikolopov, 2008, "The Dracula effect: voter information and trade policy," Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, number 1296, Nov, revised Oct 2020.
• Dahm, Matthias & González, Paula & Porteiro Fresco, Nicolás, 2008, "Trials, tricks and transparency: how disclosure rules affect clinical knowledge," Working Papers, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics, number 2072/5360.
• Alcalde, José & Dahm, Matthias, 2008, "All-pay auction equilibria in contests," Working Papers, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics, number 2072/5368.
• Corchón, Luis C. & Dahm, Matthias, 2008, "Foundations for contest success functions," Working Papers, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics, number 2072/9493.
• Stefano Vannucci, 2008, "The Libertarian Identification Rule in Finite Atomistic Lattices," Department of Economics University of Siena, Department of Economics, University of Siena, number 526, Jan.
• Igor D. Livshits & James C. MacGee, 2008, "Barriers to Technology Adoption and Entry," University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute, number 20087.
• Marko Klašnja, 2008, "Electoral Rules, Forms of Government, and Political Budget Cycles in Transition Countries," Panoeconomicus, Savez ekonomista Vojvodine, Novi Sad, Serbia, volume 55, issue 2, pages 185-218.
• Nauro F. Campos & Francesco Giovannoni, 2008, "Lobbying, Corruption and Other Banes," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, number wp930, Sep.
• Konstantinos Angelopoulos & George Economides, 2008, "Fiscal policy, rent seeking, and growth under electoral uncertainty: theory and evidence from the OECD," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, volume 41, issue 4, pages 1375-1405, November, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2008.00508.x.
• A Oswald & N Powdthavee, 2008, "Daughters and Left Wing Voting," Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York, number 08/18, Jul.
• Helm, Carsten & Neugart, Michael, 2008, "Coalition governments and policy reform with asymmetric information," Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Department of Law and Economics, number 192.
• Dreher, Axel & Gassebner, Martin, 2008, "Do IMF and World Bank programs induce government crises An empirical analysis," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Zurich 2008, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics, number 13.
• Hefeker, Carsten, 2008, "Taxation, Corruption and the Exchange Rate Regime," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Zurich 2008, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics, number 17.
• De Luca, Giacomo, 2008, "Strategic Registration of Voters: the Chilean Case," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Zurich 2008, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics, number 9.
• Hefeker, Carsten, 2008, "Taxation, corruption and the exchange rate regime," HWWI Research Papers, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI), number 2-12.
• Damania, Richard & Yalcýn, Erkan, 2008, "Corruption and Political Competition," Economics Discussion Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, number 2008-7.
• Caleiro, António, 2008, "How Can Voters Classify an Incumbent under Output Persistence," Economics Discussion Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, number 2008-16.
• Gundlach, Erich & Paldam, Martin, 2008, "Income and democracy: a comment on Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson, and Yared (2008)," Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, number 1458.
• Engelmann, Dirk & Grimm, Veronika, 2008, "Mechanisms for efficient voting with private information about preferences," FAU Discussion Papers in Economics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute for Economics, number 03/2008.
• Leininger, Wolfgang, 2008, "Evolutionarily Stable Preferences in Contests," Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen, number 49.
• Bierbrauer, Felix & Mechtenberg, Lydia, 2008, "Winners and losers of early elections: On the welfare implications of political blockades and early elections," SFB 649 Discussion Papers, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk, number 2008-071.
• Kovenock, Dan & Roberson, Brian, 2008, "Inefficient redistribution and inefficient redistributive politics
  [Ineffiziente Umverteilung und ineffiziente Umverteilungspolitik]," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, number SP II 2008-01.
• Geys, Benny & Vermeir, Jan, 2008, "Party cues and yardstick voting
  [Parteien und 'Yardstick'-Wählen]," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, number SP II 2008-05.
• Konrad, Kai A. & Kovenock, Dan, 2008, "The alliance formation puzzle and capacity constraints
  [Die Rolle von Kapazitätsgrenzen für die Vorteilhaftigkeit von Allianzen]," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, number SP II 2008-07.
• Münster, Johannes, 2008, "Repeated contests with asymmetric information
  [Wiederholte Wettkämpfe mit asymmetrischer Information]," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, number SP II 2008-08.
• Kovenock, Dan & Roberson, Brian, 2008, "Is the 50-state strategy optimal?
  [Ist die 50-Staaten-Strategie optimal?]," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, number SP II 2008-16.
• Münster, Johannes, 2008, "Group contest success functions
  [Group Contest Success Functions]," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, number SP II 2008-20.
• Aleksander Berentsen & Esther Bruegger & Simon Loertscher, 2008, "Learning, public good provision, and the information trap," IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich, number 371, May.
• Martin Gregor, 2008, "Markets vs. politics: correcting erroneous beliefs differently," Advances in Austrian Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, "Explorations in Austrian Economics", DOI: 10.1016/S1529-2134(08)11004-3.
• Jorge Isauro Rionda Ramírez, 2008, "Política Económica Sectorial En El Desarrollo Regional De México: Crisis Y Reforma Estructural (1980 – 1999)," Tecsistecatl, Servicios Académicos Intercontinentales SL, issue 4, june.
• U. Witt & C. Schubert, 2008, "Constitutional Interests in the Face of Innovations: How Much Do We Need to Know about Risk Preferences?," Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography, number 2008-03, May.
• Vikas Kumar, 2008, "Negotiating Constitution for Political Unions," Working Papers, eSocialSciences, number id:1797.
• Luc Lauwers & Tom Van Puyenbroeck, 2008, "Minimally disproportional representation: generalized entropy and Stolarsky Mean-Divisor Methods of Apportionment," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven, number ces0819, Jul.
• Hans Gersbach & Felix Mühe, 2008, "Vote-Buying and Growth," CER-ETH Economics working paper series, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich, number 08/94, Sep.
• Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2008, "Is Transparency to No Avail? Committee Decision-Making, Pre-Meetings, and Credible Deals," Economics Working Papers, European University Institute, number ECO2008/18.
• António Caleiro, 2008, "Para uma visão espacial dos resultados eleitorais em Portugal," Economics Working Papers, University of Évora, Department of Economics (Portugal), number 01_2008.
• Christos Kotsogiannis & Konstantinos Serfes, 2008, "Public Goods and Tax Competition in a Two-Sided Market," Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics, number 0808.
• Gabriele Mazzantini, 2008, "La liberalizzazione dei servizi pubblici locali alla luce del federalismo funzionale: il caso dei servizi energetici," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, volume 2008, issue 3-4, pages 89-107.
• Tapio Palokangas, 2008, "Self-Interested Governments, Unionization, and Legal and Illegal Immigration," Czech Economic Review, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, volume 2, issue 1, pages 007-020, March.
• František Turnovec, 2008, "National, Political and Institutional Influence in European Union Decision Making," Czech Economic Review, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, volume 2, issue 2, pages 154-173, September.
• Paulo Arvate & Vladimir Ponczek, 2008, "Municipality secession, voter’s preference and persistence of power," Working Papers, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto, number 08_07.
• Maurício Bugarin & Adriana Portugal & Sérgio Sakurai, 2008, "Inequality and Cost of Electoral Campaigns in Latin America," Working Papers, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto, number 08_14.
• Carlos Gonçalves & Ricardo Madeira & Mauro Rodrigues, 2008, "Two-ballot versus plurality rule: an empirical investigation on the number of candidates," Working Papers, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto, number 09_10, Mar.
• XU Jianling & LIU Chuanjiang, 2008, "The application of the Median Voter Theory to the formulation of policies for the citizenization of peasant workers¡ªAn empirical study on 436 peasant workers in Wuhan," Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, Higher Education Press, volume 3, issue 1, pages 150-148, March.
• Benno Torgler & Bin Dong, 2008, "Corruption and Political Interest: Empirical Evidence at the Micro Level," Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, number 2008.39, Apr.
• Katrin Millock & Natalia Zugravu & Gérard Duchene, 2008, "The Factors Behind CO2 Emission Reduction in Transition Economies," Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, number 2008.58, Jul.
• Dahlberg, Matz & Mörk, Eva, 2008, "Is There an Election Cycle in Public Employment? Separating Time Effects from Election Year Effects," Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research, number 444.
• Viceisza, Angelino, 2008, "An experimental inquiry into the effect of yardstick competition on corruption," IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 774.
• Oliver Vins, 2008, "How Politics Influence State-owned Banks - the Case of German Savings Banks," Working Paper Series: Finance and Accounting, Department of Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, number 191, Nov.
• Nicolò Bellanca, 2008, "Democratizzazione e percorsi di sviluppo: sulla coevoluzione di sistemi economici e regimi politici (Democratization and development paths)," Working Papers - Economics, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, number wp2008_03.
• Sergey Sinelnikov & Pavel Kadochnikov & Ilya Trunin, 2008, "From Elections to Appointments of the Regional Governors: Major Challenges and Outcomes," Published Papers, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, number 2, revised 2008.
• Annelies de Ridder & Agnieszka Rusinowska & Elena Saiz & Eligius K.M. Hendrix, 2008, "Coalition formation: the role of procedure and policy flexibility," Working Papers, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Etienne (GATE Lyon St-Etienne), Université de Lyon, number 0806.
• Jinhui Bai & Roger Lagunoff, 2008, "On the 'Faustian' Dynamics of Policy and Political Power," Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics, number gueconwpa~08-08-02, Aug.
• Daniel Houser & Rebecca Morton & Thomas Stratmann, 2008, "Turned Off or Turned Out? Campaign Advertising,Information, and Voting," Working Papers, George Mason University, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, number 1005, Jul, revised Jul 2008.
• Selim Ergun, 2008, "Centrist's Curse? An Electoral Competition Model with Credibility Constraints," ThE Papers, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada., number 08/06, Oct.
• Selim Ergun, 2008, "From Plurality Rule to Proportional Representation," ThE Papers, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada., number 08/07, Oct.
• Pierre Courtois & Tarik Tazdaït, 2008, "Accord climatique : Concessions et ratifications," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-00716360, DOI: 10.3917/reco.594.0719.
• Helmut Cremer & Philippe de Donder & Gahvari Firouz, 2008, "Political competition within and between parties: An application to environmental policy," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-02658520, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.06.008.
• Annelies de Ridder & Agnieszka Rusinowska & Elena Saiz & Eligius M.T. Hendrix, 2008, "Coalition formation: the role of procedure and policy flexibility," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00269093.
• Jean-François Laslier & Jörgen Weibull, 2008, "Committee decisions: Optimality and Equilibrium," Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-00121741, Sep.
• László Á. Kóczy, 2008, "Strategic power indices: Quarrelling in coalitions," KRTK-KTI WORKING PAPERS, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, number 0820, Nov.
• Shawn A. Cole, 2008, "Fixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India," Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School, number 09-001, Jul.
• Melissa Boyle & Victor Matheson, 2008, "Determinants of the Distribution of Congressional Earmarks Across States," Working Papers, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics, number 0806, May.
• Bjørnskov, Christian & Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter, 2008, "Economic Growth and Institutional Reform in Modern Monarchies and Republics: : A Historical Cross-Country Perspective 1820-2000," Working Papers, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics, number 08-15, Jul.
• Laslier, Jean-François & Weibull, Jörgen, 2008, "Commitee decisions: optimality and equilibrium," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics, number 692, Jan, revised 11 Mar 2008.
• Dahlberg, Matz & Mörk, Eva, 2008, "Is there an election cycle in public employment? Separating time effects from election year effects," Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, number 2008:3, Mar.
• Tangerås, Thomas, 2008, "Democracy, Autocracy and the Likelihood of International Conflict," Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, number 751, Jun.
• Elinder, Mikael & Jordahl, Henrik & Poutvaara, Panu, 2008, "Selfish and Prospective: Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting," Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, number 770, Oct.
• Lyttkens, Carl Hampus, 2008, "Institutions, taxation, and market relationships in ancient Athens," Working Papers, Lund University, Department of Economics, number 2008:9, Feb.
• Stensholt, Eivind, 2008, "Voces Populi and the Art of Listening," Discussion Papers, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science, number 2008/10, Jun.
• Stensholt, Eivind, 2008, "Condorcet Methods - When, Why and How?," Discussion Papers, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science, number 2008/11, Jun.
• Stensholt, Eivind, 2008, "Gibbard-Satterthwaite and an Arrovian Connection," Discussion Papers, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science, number 2008/12, Jun.
• Mehlum, Halvor & Moene, Karl, 2008, "King of the Hill: Positional Dynamics in Contests," Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics, number 06/2008, Feb.
• Erlingsson, Gissur Ó., 2008, "Explaining Party Emergence in Swedish Local Politics 1973–2002," Ratio Working Papers, The Ratio Institute, number 115, Jan.
• Liang, Che-Yuan, 2008, "Collective Lobbying in Politics: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Sweden," Working Paper Series, Uppsala University, Department of Economics, number 2008:2, Feb.
• Dahlberg, Matz & Mörk, Eva, 2008, "Is there an election cycle in public employment? Separating time effects from election year effects," Working Paper Series, Uppsala University, Department of Economics, number 2008:4, Mar.
• Elinder, Mikael & Jordahl , Henrik & Poutvaara, Panu, 2008, "Selfish and Prospective Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting," Working Paper Series, Uppsala University, Department of Economics, number 2008:7, Oct.
• Yoshihara, Naoki & 吉原, 直毅 & ヨシハラ, ナオキ, 2008, "A Theory of Political Competition over Military Policy and Income Redistribution," Discussion Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, number a503, Jul.
• Yoshihara, Naoki & 吉原, 直毅 & ヨシハラ, ナオキ, 2008, "On the General Existence of Pure Strategy Political Competition Equilibrium in Multi-dimensional Party-Faction Models," Discussion Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, number a511, Nov.
• Lauwers, Luc & Van Puyenbroeck, Tom, 2008, "Minimally Disproportional Representation: Generalized Entropy and Stolarsky Mean-Divisor Methods of Apportionment," Working Papers, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management, number 2008/24, Jul.
• Bugarin, Maurício & Portugal, Adriana & Sakurai, Sérgio, 2008, "Inequality and Cost of Electoral Campaigns in Latin America," Insper Working Papers, Insper Working Paper, Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, number wpe_152, Oct.
• Mansoob Murshed, Syed & Cuesta, José A., 2008, "On the Micro-Foundations of Contract versus Conflict with Implications for International Peace-Making," IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank, number 1629, Aug, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010896.
• Scartascini, Carlos & Stein, Ernesto H. & Tommasi, Mariano, 2008, "Political Institutions, State Capabilities and Public Policy: International Evidence," IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank, number 1638, Dec, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010903.
• José Cuesta & Syed Mansoob Murshed, 2008, "On the Micro-Foundations of Contract versus Conflict with Implications for International Peace-Making," Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, number 4591, Aug.
• Carlos Scartascini & Ernesto Stein & Mariano Tommasi, 2008, "Political Institutions, State Capabilities and Public Policy - International Evidence," Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, number 4608, Dec.
• Albert Solé-Ollé & Pilar Sorribas-Navarro, 2008, "Does partisan alignment affect the electoral reward of intergovernmental transfers?," Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), number 2008/2.
• Marcello D’Amato & Vincenzo Galasso, 2008, "Political Intergenerational Risk Sharing," Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University, number 342.
• Stefano Gagliarducci & Tommaso Nannicini, 2008, "Do Better Paid Politicians Perform Better? Disentangling Incentives from Selection," Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University, number 346.
• Recep TEKELİ & Sacit Hadi AKDEDE, 2008, "Yerel yönetimlerde politik konjonktür hareketleri: Türkiye’de belediyeler üzerine bir uygulama," Iktisat Isletme ve Finans, Bilgesel Yayincilik, volume 23, issue 262, pages 89-111.
• Vikas Kumar, 2008, "Negotiating constitution for political unions," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India, number 2008-026, Nov.
• Francesco Feri, 2008, "Information, Social Mobility and the Demand for Redistribution," Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck, number 2008-02, Jan.
• Jürgen Huber & Michael Kirchler, 2008, "Corporate campaign contributions and abnormal stock returns after presidential elections," Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck, number 2008-18, Sep.
• Rupert Sausgruber & Jean-Robert Tyran, 2008, "Tax Salience, Voting, and Deliberation," Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck, number 2009-25, Oct.
• George von Furstenberg, 2008, "Performance Measurement under Rational International Overpromising Regimes," CAEPR Working Papers, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research, Department of Economics, Indiana University Bloomington, number 2008-005, Apr.
• Michelle R. Garfinkel & Stergios Skaperdas & Constantinos Syropoulos, 2008, "Globalization and Insecurity: Reviewing Some Basic Issues," Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics, number 080901, Jul.
• Kimiko Terai, 2008, "International Coordination and Domestic Politics," Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics, number 080907, Sep.
• Gagliarducci, Stefano & Nannicini, Tommaso & Naticchioni, Paolo, 2008, "Outside Income and Moral Hazard: The Elusive Quest for Good Politicians," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3295, Jan.
• Gagliarducci, Stefano & Nannicini, Tommaso & Naticchioni, Paolo, 2008, "Electoral Rules and Politicians’ Behavior: A Micro Test," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3348, Feb.
• Arulampalam, Wiji & Dasgupta, Sugato & Dhillon, Amrita & Dutta, Bhaskar, 2008, "Electoral Goals and Center-State Transfers: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Evidence from India," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3376, Feb.
• Ferraz, Claudio & Finan, Frederico S., 2008, "Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3411, Mar.
• Benabou, Roland, 2008, "Ideology," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3416, Mar.
• Jaeger, David A. & Klor, Esteban F. & Miaari, Sami H. & Paserman, M. Daniele, 2008, "The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3439, Apr.
• Akarca, Ali T. & Tansel, Aysit, 2008, "Impact of the 1999 Earthquakes on the Outcome of the 2002 Parliamentary Election in Turkey," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3466, Apr.
• Vindigni, Andrea, 2008, "Uncertainty and the Politics of Employment Protection," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3509, May.
• Gerdes, Christer & Wadensjö, Eskil, 2008, "The Impact of Immigration on Election Outcomes in Danish Municipalities," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3586, Jul.
• Dasgupta, Indraneel, 2008, "‘Living’ Wage, Class Conflict and Ethnic Strife," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3631, Aug.
• D'Exelle, Ben & Riedl, Arno, 2008, "Elite Capture, Political Voice and Exclusion from Aid: An Experimental Study," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3673, Aug.
• Campos, Nauro F. & Giovannoni, Francesco, 2008, "Lobbying, Corruption and Other Banes," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3693, Sep.
• Borck, Rainald & Wrohlich, Katharina, 2008, "Preferences for Childcare Policies: Theory and Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3694, Sep.
• Caucutt, Elizabeth M. & Cooley, Thomas F. & Guner, Nezih, 2008, "The Farm, the City, and the Emergence of Social Security," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3731, Sep.
• Campos, Nauro F. & Karanasos, Menelaos G. & Tan, Bin, 2008, "Two to Tangle: Financial Development, Political Instability and Economic Growth in Argentina (1896–2000)," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3752, Oct.
• Elinder, Mikael & Jordahl, Henrik & Poutvaara, Panu, 2008, "Selfish and Prospective: Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3763, Oct.
• Bevelander, Pieter & Pendakur, Ravi, 2008, "Electoral Participation as a Measure of Social Inclusion for Natives, Immigrants and Descendants in Sweden," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3764, Oct.
• Rotte, Ralph & Steininger, Martin, 2008, "Crime, Unemployment, and Xenophobia? An Ecological Analysis of Right-Wing Election Results in Hamburg, 1986?2005," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3779, Oct.
• Becker, Johannes & Peichl, Andreas & Rincke, Johannes, 2008, "Politicians' Outside Earnings and Political Competition," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3902, Dec.
• Joseph Francis Francois & Hugo ROJAS-ROMAGOSA, 2008, "Equity and International Trade," Economics working papers, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, number 2008-14, Sep.
• Joseph Francis Francois & Douglas Nelson & Annette Pelkmans-Balaoing, 2008, "Endogenous Protection in General Equilibrium: estimating political weights in the EU," Economics working papers, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, number 2008-15, Sep.
• David Hugh-Jones, 2008, "Explaining Institutional Change: Why Elected Politicians Implement Direct Democracy," Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, number 2008-085, Nov.
• Richard Cebula & Holly Meads, 2008, "The Electoral College System, Political Party Dominance, and Voter Turnout, With Evidence from the 2004 Presidential Election," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 36, issue 1, pages 53-64, March, DOI: 10.1007/s11293-007-9089-3.
• Richard Cebula & Holly Meads, 2008, "An Inquiry into the Contemporary Differential between Female and Male Voter Turnouts," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 36, issue 3, pages 301-313, September, DOI: 10.1007/s11293-008-9133-y.
• Richard Cebula, 2008, "Influence of the Number of Statewide Referenda Involving Emotionally-Charged Issues on Voter Turnout, 2006," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 36, issue 4, pages 383-393, December, DOI: 10.1007/s11293-008-9146-6.
• Philip Hersch & Jeffry Netter & Christopher Pope, 2008, "Do Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures by Firms Create “Political” Capital?," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 36, issue 4, pages 395-405, December, DOI: 10.1007/s11293-008-9125-y.
• Roger Congleton, 2008, "America’s neglected debt to the Dutch, an institutional perspective," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 19, issue 1, pages 35-59, March, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-007-9029-x.
• Michael Reksulak & William Shughart, 2008, "Taxonomy: racism versus fiscal conservatism in voting on segregationist provisions in Alabama’s constitution," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 19, issue 1, pages 61-80, March, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-007-9031-3.
• Dalibor Roháč, 2008, "The unanimity rule and religious fractionalisation in the Polish-Lithuanian Republic," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 19, issue 2, pages 111-128, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-008-9037-5.
• Peter Calcagno & Christopher Westley, 2008, "An institutional analysis of voter turnout: the role of primary type and the expressive and instrumental voting hypotheses," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 19, issue 2, pages 94-110, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-007-9034-0.
• Ulrich Witt & Christian Schubert, 2008, "Constitutional interests in the face of innovations: how much do we need to know about risk preferences?," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 19, issue 3, pages 203-225, September, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-008-9044-6.
• Geoffrey Brennan, 2008, "Crime and punishment: an expressive voting view," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, volume 26, issue 3, pages 237-252, December, DOI: 10.1007/s10657-008-9068-4.
• Sugato Dasgupta & Kirk Randazzo & Reginald Sheehan & Kenneth Williams, 2008, "Coordinated voting in sequential and simultaneous elections: some experimental evidence," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, volume 11, issue 4, pages 315-335, December, DOI: 10.1007/s10683-007-9167-z.
• Paul Sommers, 2008, "The War in Iraq and the 2006 U.S. Elections," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 14, issue 3, pages 353-354, August, DOI: 10.1007/s11294-008-9163-x.
• Stijn Goeminne & Benny Geys & Carine Smolders, 2008, "Political fragmentation and projected tax revenues: evidence from Flemish municipalities," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, volume 15, issue 3, pages 297-315, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10797-007-9021-4.
• Rainald Borck, 2008, "Central versus local education finance: a political economy approach," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, volume 15, issue 3, pages 338-352, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10797-007-9029-9.
• Tim Krieger, 2008, "Public pensions and return migration," Public Choice, Springer, volume 134, issue 3, pages 163-178, March, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9213-6.
• Michael Neugart, 2008, "The choice of insurance in the labor market," Public Choice, Springer, volume 134, issue 3, pages 445-462, March, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9238-x.
• Todd Zywicki, 2008, "Spontaneous order and the common law: Gordon Tullock’s critique," Public Choice, Springer, volume 135, issue 1, pages 35-53, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9245-y.
• Mark Fey, 2008, "Rent-seeking contests with incomplete information," Public Choice, Springer, volume 135, issue 3, pages 225-236, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9255-9.
• Robert Ritz, 2008, "Influencing rent-seeking contests," Public Choice, Springer, volume 135, issue 3, pages 291-300, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9263-9.
• Peter Selb, 2008, "Supersized votes: ballot length, uncertainty, and choice in direct legislation elections," Public Choice, Springer, volume 135, issue 3, pages 319-336, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9265-7.
• Hugh Arce & Robert Koopman & Marinos Tsigas, 2008, "Using state-level simulations in a political economy model of US trade policy," Public Choice, Springer, volume 135, issue 3, pages 91-107, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9240-3.
• Edward López & Carlos Ramírez, 2008, "Mr. Smith and the economy: the influence of economic conditions on individual legislator voting," Public Choice, Springer, volume 136, issue 1, pages 1-17, July, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9275-5.
• Yu-Bong Lai, 2008, "Auctions or grandfathering: the political economy of tradable emission permits," Public Choice, Springer, volume 136, issue 1, pages 181-200, July, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9290-1.
• T. Tideman & Florenz Plassmann, 2008, "Paying the partners," Public Choice, Springer, volume 136, issue 1, pages 19-37, July, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9276-z.
• Matthias Dahm & Nicolás Porteiro, 2008, "Biased contests," Public Choice, Springer, volume 136, issue 1, pages 55-67, July, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9278-x.
• Bernardo Bortolotti & Paolo Pinotti, 2008, "Delayed privatization," Public Choice, Springer, volume 136, issue 3, pages 331-351, September, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9299-5.
• Axel Dreher & Silvia Marchesi & James Vreeland, 2008, "The political economy of IMF forecasts," Public Choice, Springer, volume 137, issue 1, pages 145-171, October, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9318-6.
• Darren Grant & Michael Toma, 2008, "Elemental tests of the traditional rational voting model," Public Choice, Springer, volume 137, issue 1, pages 173-195, October, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9319-5.
• Andrew Leigh, 2008, "Bringing home the bacon: an empirical analysis of the extent and effects of pork-barreling in Australian politics," Public Choice, Springer, volume 137, issue 1, pages 279-299, October, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9327-5.