A groundbreaking work synthesizing economics, political science, and history argues that a cost-benefit trade-off can explain the pattern of nation size and formation.

This book examines how electoral laws, the timing of election, the ideological orientation of governments, and the nature of competition between political parties influence ...

This book explores how the political process in the United States influences the economy and how economic conditions influence electoral results. It explains how the ...

The answer to the question posed in the title is "yes." Using a total of 128,106 answers to a survey question about "happiness," we find that there is a large, negative and ...

A broad empirical study of the "missing link" between constitutional systems and economic policy and outcomes.

Combining the best of three separate traditions—the theory ofmacroeconomic policy, public choice, and rational choice in politicalscience—Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini ...