theory and to clarify the functioning of institutions, (2) to test the logical consistency of alternative hypotheses about … institutions, and (3) to relate institutionalist theory with other paradigms and to practice an interested pluralism. …

As with the market for goods and services, democratic competition involves political parties offering their services …

We formulate a model to explain why the lack of political competition may stifle economic performance and use the … political competition have quantitatively important effects on state income growth, state policies, and quality of Governors. By … our bottom-line estimate, the increase in political competition triggered by the Voting Rights Act raised long-run per …