Transparency is often viewed as crucial to government accountability, but its measurement
remains elusive. This concept encompasses many dimensions, which have distinct effects …

For decades, free trade was advocated as the vehicle for peace, prosperity, and democracy
in an increasingly globalized market. More recently, the proliferation of foreign direct …

The previous literature finds that self-reported 'fear of failure'has a significant negative effect
on individuals' choice to become entrepreneurs. We hypothesize this effect is lessened in …

Harsanyi (1974) criticized the von Neumann–Morgenstern (vNM) stable set for its
presumption that coalitions are myopic about their prospects. He proposed a new …

As the world faces the prospect of climate change, nuclear disasters, and water scarcity, it is
clear that environmental degradation is an increasingly serious challenge with economic …

Advocates for economic development often call for greater transparency. But what does
transparency really mean? What are its consequences? This breakthrough book …

De facto states—polities, such as Abkhazia (Georgia) or the Donetsk People's Republic
(Ukraine), that appropriate many trappings of statehood without securing the status of full …

How does foreign aid affect recipient countries' political institutions? Two competing
hypotheses offer contradictory predictions. The first sees aid, when delivered correctly, as an …

Formal Models of Domestic Politics offers a unified and accessible approach to canonical
and important new models of politics. Intended for political science and economics students …

This article attempts to build bridges in the formal study of policymaking across polities of
different degrees of institutional development. It explores the reasons why policymaking is …