This paper is concerned with two aspects of the process of ideological change: endogenously manipulable political transaction costs and dependence on government. Building on economic models of ideological evolution that suggest the self-validating nature of institutional change, this paper...

This article analyzes the government's role in regulating asbestos-related health hazards in the United States. The U.S. government has served as both promoter and regulator of the U.S. asbestos industry, and this article examines the extent to which-in both capacities-it has hindered rather...