The theory of policy implementation yields conflicting predictions. Depending on the case and the perspective of the observer, policy control over the bureaucracy ranges from loose or non-existent to oppressive and pernicious right down to the street level. This paper presents a theoretical...

The paper develops an account of anomalous behavior in work at the intersection of cognition and experimental economics. The anomalies are choices which conflict with both agents' self-interest and also with any plausible other-regarding interests. I review three examples, and provide evidence...

The paper describes three novel regularities in public choice games, tied to a Darwinian argument about rules that could be expected to govern social choice. Note: This is a revised version of this paper, originally titled "Two Tests For ‘NSNX’ Effects In Cooperation Experiments," and...