Offers a reconsideration of patterns on long-term policymaking and organizational change. Combining theory development, international comparison and original case study analysis, this title develops some of the main models of policy change and offers a revealing long-term view o…
Computational models in political economy
by Miller, John H., Kollman, Ken, Page, Scott E.
The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been uniformly successful in solving comm…
This dissertation is a collection of three papers in public choice. The first paper offers a dynamic model to explain the rationale behind "populist" policies. The effects of uncertainty about future policies, costly redistribution, and implicit tax limits are evaluated. I show …
The conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians represents one of the most intractable conflicts of the 20th and now the 21st century. The duration of this conflict is particularly surprising given the zero sum nature of conflict, and the theoretical ability to achieve a …