Quality of political competition is the essential answer to the question of how people´s wishes can be represented and coordinated in the public sphere in the most effective way. The paper defines the forms of political competition on political markets and shows referenda and initiatives as...

Slovak Abstract: Slovenské mestá zabezpečujú mnohé služby. Článok sa zameriava na zvoz odpadu, verejné osvetlenie, starostlivosť o mestskú zeleň, údržbu ciest a cintorínov. Analyzujeme rozhodovacie procesy Slovenských miest pri výbere dodávateľov týchto služieb v kontexte...

The article deals with structural factors affecting decisions about the provision of services in large Slovak cities. In addition to introducing an economic model based on transaction cost theory, models of political decision making regarding the provision of services by cities (ideological...

V poslednej štvrtine 20. storočia sa arabsko-izraelský konflikt pomaly menil na „palestínsku otázku“. Potom, ako bol Egypt kvôli uznaniu Izraela vylúčený z Ligy arabských štátov, bol v roku 1989 opätovne do tejto organizácie prijatý, čo bol signál, že arabské štáty už...

This paper discusses recent claims made by Caplan (2000, 2001a, 2001b, 2001c, 2002, 2007) who argues that democracies produce bad policies as a result of voters' irrational beliefs. We start by outlining the motives which led Caplan to amend classic Public Choice in such a radical fashion. We...