In a survey of over 1,000 Californians, we found substantial divides in public opinion on issues related to constitutional change. Beyond partisan differences, there are racial and ethnic divides as well as unexpected differences between counties. Latinos and Asian-Americans (the growing "new"...

Over the past 45 years, 15 American states have held constitutional conventions to confront the pressing concerns of the day. These conventions pursued markedly different paths toward constitutional reform, and achieved widely varying degrees of success. The experience of these states provides...

With all that is at stake in reforming the government of the nation’s largest state, with responsibility for the welfare of 38 million Californians, we know very little about how to make a constitutional convention work. How large should the convention be? Should delegates be elected or...

This brief essay explains how the Suspense File works, explores its effects on voting patterns and policy outcomes, and outlines options for reform. It draws on evidence from Cox, Kousser, and McCubbins (2010), an article that will appear in a 2010 issue of the leading peer-reviewed Journal of...

The article presents the problem of competitiveness of Polish apples. In the paper the quantity of production and international trade of was analyzed. Major importers and exporters of apples were identified. In order to assess the international competitiveness ex post measure has been used. The...

Abstract We provide an empirical study analysing the distribution of EU funds among 2478 Polish municipalities in the period 2007–2011. EU funds are found to be concentrated in smaller municipalities and economically weak sub-regions, and do not increase in the municipalities’ fiscal...