This paper analyses some one-off measures and other accounting tricks that EU member States have been using to qualify for...
First, the approaches of 'Diskursethik' (Discourse ethics) and of Modern Political Economy are described. While the latter investigates political decision...
Referenda and initiatives are hardly considered as democratic devices for a future Europe. Drawing on experimental evidence and empirical findings...
Awards in the form of orders, medals, decorations, prizes, and titles are ubiquitous in monarchies and republics, private organizations, and...
This paper advances an “information goods” theory that explains prestige processes as an emergent product of psychological adaptations that evolved...
This paper investigates whether individuals feel worse off when others around them earn more. In other words, do people care...
Financial support was provided, in part, by The Spencer Foundation. We thank M. Harris, J. Lave, S. Salop, and participants...
Some readers may have found these results of greater interest were we able to confirm the directional hypotheses of the...
This paper extends Stigler and Peltzman's approach to regulation by incorporating a legislature. The model yields comparative statics results and...
초록 없음 Olson, M. (1969). The principle of" fiscal equivalence": the division of responsibilities among different levels of government. The American...