Security, government spending, and other public policies. But is there an empirical connection between democracy and Social …

-30 percent of that of the Presidency. We also find evidence inconsistent with the popular view that divided government is better …

electoral rules and forms of government for fiscal policy and rent extraction, even when non-random constitution selection is … show that proportional elections raise government spending through their indirect consequences for party structures and … types of government, rather than through their direct effects on policymaking incentives. Third, new empirical results …

, on average. The results provide new objective indicators of government efficiency across countries, based on a simple and … quality influence the quality of government …