Research Catalog

Title

Preferences and democracy : Villa Colombella papers / edited by Albert Breton [and others].

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

Breton, Albert.

Description

viii, 386 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Series Statement

International studies in economics and econometrics ; v. 28

Uniform Title

International studies in economics and econometrics ; v. 28.

Subject

• Voting > Congresses
• Representative government and representation > Congresses
• Social choice > Congresses
• Political parties > Congresses
• Pressure groups > Congresses
• Public goods > Congresses
• Income distribution > Congresses
• Income distribution
• Political parties
• Pressure groups
• Public goods
• Representative government and representation
• Social choice
• Voting
• Demokratie
• Einkommensverteilung
• Wahl
• Öffentliche Ausgaben
• Öffentliches Gut
• Ökonomische Theorie der Demokratie
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Régimes représentatifs > Congrès
• Choix collectif > Congrès
• Partis politiques > Congrès
• Groupes de pression > Congrès
• Biens collectifs > Congrès
• Revenu > Répartition > Congrès

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• Papers presented at the 4th Villa Colombella seminar.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. 1. Unsatisfied Political Demands -- Unpopular Policies and The Theory of Representative Democracy / Pierre Salmon -- Equilibrium Political Inaction in a Democracy / Peter Howitt and Ronald Wintrobe -- pt. 2. Bridges Between Demand and Supply -- A Theory of Demand for Governmentally Supplied Goods and Services / Albert Breton -- Organized Groups and the (Mis?) transmission of Public Preferences / Robert Young -- Public Goods Provision Institutions / Marc Bilodeau -- pt. 3. Equilibrium Political Platforms: Convergence and Divergence -- The Silent Revolution of Probabilistic Voting / Jean-Dominique Lafay -- Pivotal Voters and Political Equilibria of Party Equilibrium / Gianluigi Galeotti -- Political Exchange and the Allocation of Surplus: A Model of Two-Party Competition / Michele Grillo and Michele Polo -- pt. 4. The Behaviour of Political Parties -- Fourteen Ways to Credibly Escape a Credible Commitment (and Still Get Re-Elected) / Ronald Wintrobe -- Issues and Party Alignments: A Review with Canadian Examples / Richard Johnston -- pt. 5. Redistribution -- The Demand for the Public Sector In the Rich Welfare State of Denmark: Two Polls from 1990 / Peter Nannestad and Martin Paldam -- Voting Rights and the Demand for Public Expenditure: An Analysis of the Redistributive Impact of Universal Suffrage / Giorgio Brosio and Carla Marchese -- Coercive Redistribution and the Franchise: A Preliminary Investigation Using Computable General Equilibrium Modelling / Stanley L. Winer and Thomas Rutherford.

ISBN

• 079239321X
• 9780792393214

LCCN

• 92042163
• ZBWT00519428

OCLC

• ocm27106461
• 27106461
• SCSB-1987375

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library