PoliticalEconomy:InstitutionsCompetitionandRepresentation

ThecontentsofthisvolumearedrawnfromtheseventhInternationalSymposiuminEconomicTheoryandEconometrics,andrepresentrecentadvancesinthedevelopmentofconceptsandmethodsinpoliticaleconomy.Contributorsincludeleadingpractitionersworkingonformal,applied,andhistoricalapproachestothesubject.Thecollectionwillinterestscholarsinthefieldsofpoliticalscienceandpoliticalsociologynolessthaneconomics.PartIoutlinesrelevantconceptsinpoliticaleconomy,includingimplementation,community,ideology,andinstitutions.PartIIcoverstheoryandapplicationsofthespatialmodelofvoting.PartIIIconsidersthedifferentcharacteristicsthatgovernthebehaviourofinstitutions,whilePartIVanalysescompetitionbetweenpoliticalrepresentatives.PartVisconcernedwiththewayinwhichgovernmentacquiresinformationheldbyvotersoradvisors,andPartVIaddressesgovernmentchoiceonmonetarypolicyandtaxation.