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...

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...

Political reputation models feature forward-looking, rational voters who re-elect incumbents based on their estimate of an incumbent's ability level. Fiscal policy is one of the ways an incumbent establishes a reputation and thereby signals this ability level to voters. The reputation-building...

In a 1971 paper Kramer attempted to establish empirically that macroeconomic variables have a significant impact on the vote shares received by Democratic and Republican congressional candidates. He found mixed results, with the growth rate in per capita real income and the inflation rate being...

In this paper, the authors examine some important unsettled issues in the theory of public goods supply. In particular, certain conclusions and inferences drawn by Professor Demsetz from his “competitive†model of public goods provision are critically examined. First, the equilibrium...

The Companion lays out a comprehensive history of the field and, in five additional parts, it explores public choice contributions to the study of the origins of the state, the organization of political activity, the analysis of decision-making in non-market institutions, the examination of...