Public choice and the challenges of democracy:
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| Beschreibung: | XII, 366 S. graph. Darst. |
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List of figures vii
List of tables viii
List of contributors x
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction 1
Jose Casas Pardo and Pedro Schwartz
PART I GENERAL PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRACY
1 Threats democracy faces: an overview 15
Jose Casas Pardo
2 Social justice examined: with a little help from Adam Smith 35
Anthony de Jasay
3 Affective public choice 45
Frans van Winden
4 Bentham on public choice: utility, interests and the agency
problem in democracy 62
Pedro Schwartz
PART II INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF DEMOCRACY
5 Towards a more consistent design of parliamentary democracy
and its consequences for the European Union 81
Charles B. Blankart and Dennis C. Mueller
6 Democracy, citizen sovereignty and
constitutional economics 101
Viktor J. Vanberg
7 Diffuse and popular interests versus concentrated interests:
the fate of environmental policies in divided government 121
Giorgio Brosio
8 Should the democratic model be applied to non governmental
organizations and firms? 142
Pascal Salin
9 Citizenship and democracy in international organizations 156
Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer
V
vi Public choice and the challenges of democracy
10 Law and economic development: common law
versus civil law 177
Francisco Cabrillo
PART III VOTING ISSUES
11 A reformulation of voting theory 197
William A. Niskanen
12 Informational limits to public policy: ignorance
and the jury theorem 206
Roger D. Congleton
13 Democratic decision, stability of outcome and agent
power, with special reference to the European Union 220
Manfred J. Holler and Stefan Napel
14 The unequal treatment of voters under a single
transferable vote: implications for electoral
welfare with an application to the 2003
Northern Ireland Assembly elections 235
VaniK. Borooah
PART IV DEMOCRACY ACROSS THE WORLD
15 The pattern of democracy in the twentieth century: a study
of the Polity index 255
Peter Sandholt Jensen and Martin Paldam
16 Democracy and low income countries 277
A rye L. Hillman
PART V FISCAL ISSUES AND DEMOCRACY
17 A theory of the democratic fiscal constitution 297
Francesco Forte and Domenico D Amico
18 (When) do tax increases cause electoral damage? The case
of local property taxes in Spain 316
Nuria Bosch Roca and Albert Sole Olle
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
19 The mystery of Brazil 3 51
Gordon Tullock
Index 361
Figures
3.1 Anger and destruction 51
3.2 Destruction: optimists versus pessimists 51
3.3 Fairness, retaliation and shame 52
7.1 Prevalence of the status quo with a bicameral system 126
7.2 When prevalence of the status quo in a bicameral system
becomes weaker 135
12.1 Variation in voter estimates of candidate quality for
voters with different datasets 211
12.2 Distribution of A, B estimates 212
13.1 Set of non single peaked preferences 226
13.2 Best reply set of the opposition g 226
13.3 Best proposal set of incumbent a 227
14.1 Inequality in the distribution of electoral influence 248
15.1 Path of the Polity index, 1900 2003 256
15.2 Causal structure 257
15.3 The Muslim gap in the Polity data 259
15.4 Three measures of persistence in the Polity data 263
15.5 Average for the Old West countries 264
15A. 1 Comparing the path of the averages of the Gastil and
Polity indices 274
15A.2 Scatter of observations for the Gastil and Polity indices,
1994 2003 275
15A. 3 Deviations between the two indices, 1994 2003 276
vii
Tables
7A.1 Average difference in party representation between
the first and second chambers in a sample of
bicameral countries, 1971 1996 141
11.1 Effects of varying voter responses to differences in a
candidate s issue position from the party base and
the other candidate 200
11.2 Were the vulnerable incumbents more moderate than
other incumbents? 202
12.1 Electoral mistakes in populations of poorly informed
and rationally ignorant voters 215
14.1 Percentage of voters whose full range of preferences
influenced electoral outcomes in Northern Ireland s
2003 Assembly elections 241
14.2 Further preference voters in Northern Ireland,
by party support, Northern Ireland Assembly
elections, November 2003 243
14.3 Party positions under STV and plurality 247
15.1 Some descriptive statistics: the data of the regressions 261
15.2 OLS cross country estimates for each 20 year period,
and stacked 265
15.3 OLS cross country estimates for each 20 year period, and
stacked (including only initial Polity and income) 266
15.4 Stacked OLS cross country estimates 267
15.5 Stacked OLS cross country estimates (with no initial level
for the Polity index) 268
15.6 Converting the effects to income into Polity points,
and speed of adjustment 268
15.7 SURE estimates for each 20 year period and tests for
one coefficient tie 269
15.8 Other estimates: White, Tobit and fixed effects for
countries and 2SLS 270
15 A. 1 Comparing the scales of the two indices 274
15A.2 The most extreme deviations, based on averages, 1994 2003 276
18.1 Definition of the variables, data sources and
descriptive statistics 328
via
Tables ix
18.2 Effects of property tax increases on the vote share of local
governments (all parties), 1995, 1999 and 2003 elections 335
18.3 Effects of property tax increases on the vote share
of local governments (mayor s party), 1995, 1999
and 2003 elections 337
18.4 Effects of property tax increases on the vote share of local
governments (type of tax increase interactions), 1995, 1999
and 2003 elections 339
18.5 Effects of property tax increases on the vote share of
local governments (political interactions), 1995, 1999
and 2003 elections 342
18.6 Summary of results: effects of tax increases on the vote
share by type of tax increase 343
18.7 Summary of results: effects of tax increases on the
vote share by government type 344
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Contents
List of figures vii
List of tables viii
List of contributors x
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction 1
Jose Casas Pardo and Pedro Schwartz
PART I GENERAL PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRACY
1 Threats democracy faces: an overview 15
Jose Casas Pardo
2 Social justice examined: with a little help from Adam Smith 35
Anthony de Jasay
3 Affective public choice 45
Frans van Winden
4 Bentham on public choice: utility, interests and the agency
problem in democracy 62
Pedro Schwartz
PART II INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF DEMOCRACY
5 Towards a more consistent design of parliamentary democracy
and its consequences for the European Union 81
Charles B. Blankart and Dennis C. Mueller
6 Democracy, citizen sovereignty and
constitutional economics 101
Viktor J. Vanberg
7 Diffuse and popular interests versus concentrated interests:
the fate of environmental policies in divided government 121
Giorgio Brosio
8 Should the democratic model be applied to non governmental
organizations and firms? 142
Pascal Salin
9 Citizenship and democracy in international organizations 156
Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer
V
vi Public choice and the challenges of democracy
10 Law and economic development: common law
versus civil law 177
Francisco Cabrillo
PART III VOTING ISSUES
11 A reformulation of voting theory 197
William A. Niskanen
12 Informational limits to public policy: ignorance
and the jury theorem 206
Roger D. Congleton
13 Democratic decision, stability of outcome and agent
power, with special reference to the European Union 220
Manfred J. Holler and Stefan Napel
14 The unequal treatment of voters under a single
transferable vote: implications for electoral
welfare with an application to the 2003
Northern Ireland Assembly elections 235
VaniK. Borooah
PART IV DEMOCRACY ACROSS THE WORLD
15 The pattern of democracy in the twentieth century: a study
of the Polity index 255
Peter Sandholt Jensen and Martin Paldam
16 Democracy and low income countries 277
A rye L. Hillman
PART V FISCAL ISSUES AND DEMOCRACY
17 A theory of the democratic fiscal constitution 297
Francesco Forte and Domenico D'Amico
18 (When) do tax increases cause electoral damage? The case
of local property taxes in Spain 316
Nuria Bosch Roca and Albert Sole Olle
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
19 The mystery of Brazil 3 51
Gordon Tullock
Index 361
Figures
3.1 Anger and destruction 51
3.2 Destruction: optimists versus pessimists 51
3.3 Fairness, retaliation and shame 52
7.1 Prevalence of the status quo with a bicameral system 126
7.2 When prevalence of the status quo in a bicameral system
becomes weaker 135
12.1 Variation in voter estimates of candidate quality for
voters with different datasets 211
12.2 Distribution of A, B estimates 212
13.1 Set of non single peaked preferences 226
13.2 Best reply set of the opposition g 226
13.3 Best proposal set of incumbent a 227
14.1 Inequality in the distribution of electoral influence 248
15.1 Path of the Polity index, 1900 2003 256
15.2 Causal structure 257
15.3 The Muslim gap in the Polity data 259
15.4 Three measures of persistence in the Polity data 263
15.5 Average for the Old West countries 264
15A. 1 Comparing the path of the averages of the Gastil and
Polity indices 274
15A.2 Scatter of observations for the Gastil and Polity indices,
1994 2003 275
15A. 3 Deviations between the two indices, 1994 2003 276
vii
Tables
7A.1 Average difference in party representation between
the first and second chambers in a sample of
bicameral countries, 1971 1996 141
11.1 Effects of varying voter responses to differences in a
candidate's issue position from the party base and
the other candidate 200
11.2 Were the vulnerable incumbents more moderate than
other incumbents? 202
12.1 Electoral mistakes in populations of poorly informed
and rationally ignorant voters 215
14.1 Percentage of voters whose full range of preferences
influenced electoral outcomes in Northern Ireland's
2003 Assembly elections 241
14.2 'Further preference' voters in Northern Ireland,
by party support, Northern Ireland Assembly
elections, November 2003 243
14.3 Party positions under STV and plurality 247
15.1 Some descriptive statistics: the data of the regressions 261
15.2 OLS cross country estimates for each 20 year period,
and stacked 265
15.3 OLS cross country estimates for each 20 year period, and
stacked (including only initial Polity and income) 266
15.4 Stacked OLS cross country estimates 267
15.5 Stacked OLS cross country estimates (with no initial level
for the Polity index) 268
15.6 Converting the effects to income into Polity points,
and speed of adjustment 268
15.7 SURE estimates for each 20 year period and tests for
one coefficient tie 269
15.8 Other estimates: White, Tobit and fixed effects for
countries and 2SLS 270
15 A. 1 Comparing the scales of the two indices 274
15A.2 The most extreme deviations, based on averages, 1994 2003 276
18.1 Definition of the variables, data sources and
descriptive statistics 328
via
Tables ix
18.2 Effects of property tax increases on the vote share of local
governments (all parties), 1995, 1999 and 2003 elections 335
18.3 Effects of property tax increases on the vote share
of local governments (mayor's party), 1995, 1999
and 2003 elections 337
18.4 Effects of property tax increases on the vote share of local
governments (type of tax increase interactions), 1995, 1999
and 2003 elections 339
18.5 Effects of property tax increases on the vote share of
local governments (political interactions), 1995, 1999
and 2003 elections 342
18.6 Summary of results: effects of tax increases on the vote
share by type of tax increase 343
18.7 Summary of results: effects of tax increases on the
vote share by government type 344 |
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