Lack of party competition may impair government efficiency. If the voters are ideologically
predisposed to cast their votes in favor of one political party, they may reelect an …

Electoral agency models suggest that government efficiency improves when voters penalize
poor performance, and party competition is balanced. Uncertainty in the electoral …

This book explores and critically reflects upon the theory and practice of political agency in
contemporary global politics. In light of the changing relationship between state, market and …

Prior studies on government budget expenditure and its impact on government performance
have demonstrated mixed results. Improper or inappropriate budget allocations can lead to …

In this paper, we investigate whether voters' reactions to tax changes depend on their
preferences for public spending, in order to increase our understanding of the relationship …

Consider a politician who has to take two sequential decisions during his term in office. For
each decision, the politician faces a trade-off between taking what he believes to be the …

Models of electoral agency address the levels of discipline and selection that voters can
achieve in elections. The models are demanding in terms of individual belief formation and …

Consider a politician who has to take several decisions during his term in office. For each
decision, the politician faces a trade-off between taking what he believes to be the right …

In the present global economic crisis, the 'social economy'–ie those forms of economic
organization located between the public sector and the private for-profit sector–has aroused …

We present an electoral agency model that, in a stylized way, captures the public finance
structure of Norwegian municipal governments. It drives the following main implication …