James M. Buchanan and the Political Economy of Desegregation
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DOI: 10.1002/soej.12317
Abstract: Were 1986 Nobel Laureate James M. Buchanan's formative contributions to political economy inspired in significant part by hostility to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision? Nancy MacLean's 2017 Democracy in Chains argues that… read more here.
Keywords: political economy; james buchanan; buchanan political; economy desegregation ... See more keywords
Political parties: insights from a tri-planar model of political economy
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DOI: 10.1007/s10602-018-9256-3
Abstract: What is the place of political parties within a democratic system of political economy? Parties are often described as intermediaries that lubricate the political process by facilitating the matching of voter preferences with candidate positions.… read more here.
Keywords: political economy; political parties; economy political; model political ... See more keywords
The new political economy of higher education: between distributional conflicts and discursive stratification
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DOI: 10.1007/s10734-017-0114-4
Abstract: The higher education sector has been undergoing a far-reaching institutional re-orientation during the past two decades. Many adjustments appear to have strengthened the role of competition in the governance of higher education, but the character… read more here.
Keywords: political economy; economy higher; new political; higher education ... See more keywords
Judicial Institutions and the Political Economy of Retirements
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DOI: 10.1007/s11109-019-09544-x
Abstract: I examine judicial retirements among elected and unelected state supreme court justices. I present new data relating to justices’ economic incentives to retire. I develop theoretical expectations for the rationality of judicial departures based upon… read more here.
Keywords: political economy; economy retirements; institutions political; judicial institutions ... See more keywords
The political economy of churches in Denmark, 1300–2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s11127-017-0455-7
Abstract: This paper reports new time-series for the numbers and sizes of churches in Denmark over a 715-year period. Per capita, the new series are termed church densities. A pattern emerges in the series that corresponds… read more here.
Keywords: denmark 1300; political economy; churches denmark; economy ... See more keywords
Behavioral economics and the Virginia school of political economy: overlaps and complementarities
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DOI: 10.1007/s11127-019-00679-3
Abstract: A variety of complementarities and overlaps exist between the psychological strand of behavioral economics and the subjectivist strand of Virginia Political Economy. This paper provides an overview of those commonalities and places them in a… read more here.
Keywords: economics virginia; virginia school; political economy; behavioral economics ... See more keywords
Buchanan at the American Founding: the constitutional political economy of a republic of equals and unequals
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DOI: 10.1007/s11127-020-00801-w
Abstract: James M. Buchanan cited the American Founding as an important inspiration for his constitutional vision. Buchanan and the Founders shared a belief in the moral equality of persons and a conviction that social order could… read more here.
Keywords: buchanan american; constitutional political; political economy; buchanan ... See more keywords
Political economy, Mr. Churchill, and natural resources
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DOI: 10.1007/s13563-018-0146-y
Abstract: The article recalls Winston Churchill’s advocacy of public ownership of natural resources in Africa in the early 1900s. Following a brief discussion of different countries´ methods of natural resource management, empirical evidence of the cross-country… read more here.
Keywords: political economy; economy churchill; ownership; natural resources ... See more keywords
The political economy of municipal consortia and municipal mergers
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DOI: 10.1007/s40888-019-00169-1
Abstract: This paper analyses both the policy and welfare consequences of municipal mergers vs municipal consortia in the presence of spillovers and inequalities in the districts size. Citizens of different municipalities have a common interest in… read more here.
Keywords: economy municipal; political economy; consortia municipal; municipal mergers ... See more keywords
Women and science: a political economy preface
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DOI: 10.1007/s40888-022-00258-8
Abstract: (I) As Editor-in-Chief of Economia Politica. Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics (EPOL), I have been strongly involved in promoting this Special Issue on a theme that is both contemporary and critical. I am honoured… read more here.
Keywords: political economy; women science; special issue; preface ... See more keywords
The political economy of tourism development: A critical review
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2017.08.005
Abstract: This paper reviews varying theoretical approaches in political economy and their application to the analysis of tourism development. It examines the shifting focus of enquiry and traces the evolution of the political economy of tourism… read more here.
Keywords: tourism development; economy; economy tourism; political economy ... See more keywords