This paper is based on the hypothesis that to feel individually and collectively respected is vital to private and public happiness because, as well as the sensation of comfort that it produces, respect creates a favorable context both for the acquisition of capabilities and for the opportunity...

Spanish Abstract: Se analiza la formación de coaliciones regionales durante una de las fases de la votación del Plan Nacional de Inversiones Públicas con ayuda del concepto de pork barrel; y se realiza una propuesta metodológica para estudiar dichas coaliciones con la teoría de juegos...

Spanish Abstract: La presente investigación analiza la estabilidadpolítica dentro de dos legislaturas mexicanasrecientes desde un enfoque de teoría de juegos.Para lo anterior, se desarrolla teoría propia enel campo de la Nueva Economía Política (nep),para aplicarla posteriormente al...

Spanish Abstract: Este documento estudia el efecto causal de la violencia política contra la Unión Patriótica (UP) sobre el comportamiento electoral en las elecciones al poder local (Alcaldía; y Concejo municipal) llevadas a cabo en Colombia entre 1984 y 2007. A través de una estrategia...

In the citizen-candidate approach each citizen chooses whether or not to run as candidate. In this paper we find that the strategic entry-exit decision of the candidates eliminates one of the most undesirable properties of Plurality rule, namely to elect a poor candidate in three-candidate...

El presente trabajo supone un avance en la resolución de los problemas de elección social y reparto proporcional de las cajas de ahorros españolas. La regulación estatal y regional relativa a estas instituciones no resuelve adecuadamente los problemas en las elecciones a representantes a los...

In Bogota reforms in 1991 blocked a market for buying and selling of votes. The patronage lost effectiveness, citizens developed a vote of opinion and the city demonstrated an outstanding performance in the provision of public goods and services. This story is illustrated by a new panel with...

In Bogota reforms in 1991 blocked a market for buying and selling of votes. The patronage lost effectiveness, citizens developed a vote of opinion and the city demonstrated an outstanding performance in the provision of public goods and services. This story is illustrated by a new panel with...

This survey article provides a microeconomic perspective of institutional design and public policy, focusing on the way the relations between voters, politicians and bureaucrats produce efficients outcomes in public policy. It points out the relevance of information and monitoring costs,...