Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction: The study of political elites, by H. D. Lasswell.--The world revolution of our time: A framework for basic policy research, by H. D. Lasswell.--The Politburo, by G. K. Schueller.--The Fascists: the changing elite, by H. D. Lasswell with R. Sereno.--The Nazi...

This paper explores the effect of party system institutionalization on the relevance of the personal income tax in the tax composition. Based on a fiscal contractualism approach, it is argued that institutionalized political party systems increase the capacity of political actors to credibly...

Government intervention to stabilise financial systems in times of banking crises ultimately involves political decisions. This paper sheds light on how certain political variables influence policy choices during banking crises and hence have an impact on fiscal outlays. We employ cross-country...