All rulers face political competition, both from rivals within their state, and from other states to which their subjects may exit. In a simple model, both kinds of competition are substitutes. Internal competition (democracy) benefits citizens by allowing them to replace rent-seeking rulers....

Staatsverschuldung wird hier als ein negativer externer Effekt verstanden, den Politiker ausüben, um die Kosten ihres politischen Angebots zu senken und somit im politischen Wettbewerb bestehen zu können. Die Gegebenheiten des politischen Wettbewerbs und die Möglichkeit diesen externen Effekt...

The article proposes an enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment and dissolution of governmental units, giving autonomy to each individual as in a direct democracy. The mechanism is designed such that Pareto optimality is possible, in contrast to earlier models which make various...

The article proposes an enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment and dissolution of governmental units, giving autonomy to each individual as in a direct democracy. The mechanism is designed such that Pareto optimality is possible, in contrast to earlier models which make various...