Some societies appear to be better equipped than others to implement efficiency enhancing policy reforms and to deliver positive results out of their implementation. Our model presents an under-examined element of policy reform and institutional quality, showing how the characteristics of the...

We develop a model of elections in which parties choose their ideological position and the ideology of their candidates. Tighter candidate selection reduces policy uncertainty for voters. We show that weak institutional con- straints, as in a Presidential regime, induce parties to allow their...

Klimapolitik ist aufgrund der Vielfalt der direkt betroffenen Akteursgruppen, ihrer globalen Reichweite und ihres extrem langen Zeithorizonts besonders anfällig für Verzerrungen durch Interessengruppen. Daher ist die Theorie der Neuen Politischen Ökonomie gut geeignet, die klimapolitische...

Introduction / Francisco Cabrillo and Miguel A. Puchades-Navarro -- Presuppositions in the evaluation of rules / James M. Buchanan -- Buchanan, Hobbes and contractarianism : the supply of rules? / Geoffrey Brennan and Giuseppe Eusepi -- Economics governance in the European Union : a problem of...