Abstract Nannestad and Paldam (Public Choice 79: 213–245, 1994) published herein an
extremely influential review of the literature linking economics and elections, what they …

Economic conditions shape election outcomes in the world's democracies. Good times keep
parties in office, bad times cast them out. This proposition is robust, as the voluminous body …

This book started from our discussions of a paradox. Yet despite its importance it has been
curiously little discussed in the academic literature. On the one hand, the last century of …

The eurozone crisis has altered the party political landscape across Europe. The most
visible effect is the rise of challenger parties. The crisis not only caused economic hardship …

Does the presence of immigrants in one's neighborhood affect voting for far right-wing
parties? We study the case of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) that, under the leadership …

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 …

Curiously, economists, whose discipline has much to do with human well-being, have shied
away from factoring the study of happiness into their work. Happiness, they might say, is …

Institutional factors in the form of direct democracy (via initiatives and referenda) and federal
structure (local autonomy) systematically and sizeably raise self‐reported individual well …

What is good government? Why do some governments fail? How do you implement political
accountability in practice? What incentives do you need to put in place to ensure that …

A rich array of institutional diversity makes the United States an excellent place to study the
relationship between political institutions and public policy outcomes. This essay has three …