To Participate or Deliberate-Is that the Question?
Book Abstract: This book contains some of the newest, most exciting ideas now percolating among political scientists, from hallway conversations to conference room discussions.
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On the Free Rider Problem
Book Abstract: This book contains some of the newest, most exciting ideas now percolating among political scientists, from hallway conversations to conference room discussions.
What Is and Is Not Wrong with Enhancement
Book abstract: To what extent should we use technology to try to make better human beings?
Instability and the Incentives for Corruption
We investigate the relationship between corruption and political stability, from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
Moral Competence in Public Life
Obama's Ethics Agenda: The Challenge of Coordinated Change
Obama's "ethics agenda" is the most ambitious ever set out by a new administration.
What Would Galbraith Say?
Who Misvotes? The Effect of Differential Cognition Costs on Election Outcomes
If voters have negligible cognition costs, ballot layout should not affect election outcomes.
A Centered Index of Spatial Concentration: Axiomatic Approach with an Application to Population and Capital Cities
We construct an axiomatic index of spatial concentration around a center or capital point of interest, a concept with wide applicability from urban economics, economic geography and trade, to politica
A Gift Our Children Don't Need
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