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Understanding Informal Constitutional Change

Griffin, Stephen M. - 2016

the "small c" and "big C" Constitution and treat seriously the possibility of conflict between them. I stress the role the … text of the Constitution and structural doctrines of federalism and separation of powers play in this relationship and thus …" constitution and constitutional "conventions". In particular, I critique theories developed by Karl Llewellyn, Ernest Young, Adrian …

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Asymmetric information and the design of optimal contracts

Wessels, Joachim H. - 1996

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Conflict and the social contract

Bester, Helmut; Wärneryd, Karl - 2006

We consider social contracts for resolving conflicts between two agents who are uncertain about each other's fighting potential. Applications include international conflict, litigation, and elections. Even though only a peaceful agreement avoids a loss of resources, if this loss is small enough,...

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Optimal secession rules

Bordignon, Massimo; Brusco, Sandro - 1999

Should the constitution of a federation allow for peaceful secession? Constitutionally defined secession rules are …

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Regulation of Europe's network industries : the perspective of the new economic theory of federalism

Bickenbach, Frank - 2000

transaction-cost-political approaches. There has been some progress in recent years in developing such a "new economic theory of … federalism". Basic ideas and some insights of this theory are discussed with regard to the appropriate "federal" allocation of …

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Representative versus direct democracy : the role of informational asymmetries

Kessler, Anke S. - 2000 - Revised version: November 2000

The paper studies the relative merits of direct and representative legislation in a setting where voters are uncertain both with respect to the likely consequences of different policies and with respect to the political preferences of their fellow citizens. Under representative legislation, the...

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