generally maintains that democracy fails because voters' views are rational but ignored, the Mises-Bastiat view is that … democracy fails because voters' views are irrational but heeded. Mises and Bastiat anticipate many of the most effective …

mayors and that men and women may respond differently to local election incentives. …

This paper explored how the degree of female spouses’ political interest affects male spouses’ views about women … showed that males were likely to consider women’s empowerment important if their spouses were interested in politics. This …’ political interests and views play an important role in determining male views regarding women’s issues. …

This paper explored how the degree of female spouses’ political interest affects male spouses’ views about women … males were likely to consider women’s empowerment important if their spouses were interested in politics. This spouse effect …’ political interests and views play an important role in determining male views regarding women’s issues. …

The result of a referendum delivers a significant amount of information about social preferences to each composite … member of the society. This paper argues that, beyond this obvious fact, the choice not to offer a referendum by an authority … referendum option in the rules of a game, that is, by enabling the authority to offer referenda at will, results in an assured re …

this I build a model of strategic voting with incomplete information and analyze different ideological profiles of the …

(an) tool (impediment) in (to) the fight against corruption in Low (Middle) income countries. (2) Democracy increases …

across the best and worst corruption-fighting countries especially with respect to democracy, population growth and economic …