Chapter 1. Instead of an introduction - Manfred on his 75th Birthday (Heinz Kurz) -- Part I. Economics and Philosophy -- Chapter 2. Three Types of Dramatic Irony (Timo Airaksinen) -- Chapter 3. Defence is of Much More Importance than Opulence: Adam Smith on the Political Economy of War (Heinz...

A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition across jurisdictions. In parallel surveys with German citizens and state parliamentarians, we document that both groups misperceive the performance of their state's education system....

Why, since the beginning of the twenty-first century, have so many Latin American countries elected governments identifying themselves with the ideological Left? In The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior, Rosario Queirolo argues that the...