Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Introduction: Economic and Fiscal Performance in a Mean-Variance Perspective -- 1. Champions of the State Growth League -- 2. The End of State Income Convergence -- 3. Volatile States: Estimates of the Risk-Return Trade-Off -- 4....

This paper explores the structure of party competition across democratic nations and its impact on the size and composition of government spending. The analytical framework expands on the norm of universalism, applies it to multi-party legislatures, and develops several propositions. We examine...

1 The Architecture of Constitutions -- 2 Political Information Technology and Public Choice: Background -- Voter Shopping: Experience and Search -- Product Advertising and Information Theory -- Product Advertising as Political Advertising -- Technology and the Costs of Campaigning -- The...

This research updates and delineates thedisproportionality of federal regulations' cost burden on small business. Thereport divides federal regulations into four categories: economic, workplace,environmental, and tax compliance. The two main components of economicregulation are estimated...

This paper argues that the configuration of legislative districts and not merely the number of districts matters for fiscal performance. District configuration mediates the extent of constituent diversity both across and within districts. Both dimensions of diversity affect the political...

<DIV>Intercollegiate sports is an enterprise that annually grosses over $1 billion in income. Some schools receive more than $20 million from athletic programs, perhaps as much as $10 million simply from the sale of football tickets. <BR><BR>Probing the history and business practices of the most powerful...</div>

<DIV>In the global marketplace of ideas, few realms spark as much conflict as religion. For millions of people, it is an integral part of everyday life, reflected by a widely divergent supply of practices and philosophical perspectives. Yet, historically, the marketplace has not always been...</div>