Democratic constitutional design and public policy [[electronic resource] ] : analysis and evidence / / edited by Roger D. Congleton and Birgitta Swedenborg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452017403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-282-09765-2; 9786612097652; 0-262-27073-0; 1-4294-7725-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CongletonRoger D; SwedenborgBirgitta <1941->
• Disciplina: 320.6
• Soggetti: Comparative government; Political science - Decision making; Rational choice theory; Political planning; Policy sciences; Economic policy; Constitutional law; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers originally presented at a conference sponsored by the Center for Business and Policy Studies.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : Rational choice politics and institutions / Roger D. Congleton and Birgitta Swedenborg -- Direct democracy : designing a living constitution / Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer -- Constitutions and economic policy / Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini -- Party-line voting and committee assignments in the mixed-member system / Thomas Stratmann -- The effects of constitutions on coalition governments in parliamentary democracies / Daniel Diermeier, Hülya Eraslan, and Antonio Merlo -- On the merits of bicameral legislatures : intragovernmental bargaining and policy stability / Roger D. Congleton ; -- Bicameralism and political compromise in representative democracy / John Charles Bradbury and W. Mark Crain -- Federalism : a constitutional perspective / Dennis C. Mueller -- Common tax pool problems in federal systems / Brian Knight -- Judicial independence and economic development / Lars P. Feld and Stefan Voigt -- Constitutions and prosperity : the impact of legal and economic institutions on the wealth of nations / Randall G. Holcombe, Robert A. Lawson, and James D. Gwartney -- Amendment procedures and constitutional stability / Bjørn Erik Rasch and Roger D. Congleton -- Designing constitutional stability / Barry R. Weingast.