given party ideological predispositions and power distribution determine the expected policy outcome. Our analysis applies … weighted by power. Our second result clarifies how the success of an interest group hinges on the dominance of its ideology in … effect of ideological predispositions and power on the efforts of the interest groups …

vote independently of each other. Thus, we receive as an empirical result what the previous voting power literature assumed …

public schooling. We develop a theory which integrates private education and fertility decisions with voting on public … political power can lead to multiple equilibria in the determination of public education spending. The main predictions of the … theory are consistent with state-level and micro data from the United States as well as cross-country evidence from the PISA …

and demand response in the power market and their relationships. It enhances demand response in the electricity market … response programs during peak times and thereby save costly power generation and energy resources and at the same time reduce …

decade span, 1930-1960. We exploit the historical rollout of the U.S. power grid to study the short- and long-run impacts of …

We evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between … majority represents a threat to the de facto power of white elites. Moreover, the effect of race becomes stronger after 1890 …