内容简介
Thisbookinvestigatestheeffectsofelectoralsystemsontherelativelegislativeand,hence,regulatoryinfluenceofcompetinginterestsinsociety.BuildingonRonaldRogowskiandMarkAndreasKayser'sextensionoftheclassicStigler–Peltzmanmodelofregulation,theauthorsdemonstratethatmajoritarianelectoralarrangementsshouldempowerconsumersrelativetoproducers.Employingrealpricelevelsasaproxyforconsumerpower,thebookrigorouslyestablishesthispropositionovertime,withintheOECD,andacrossalargesampleofdevelopingcountries.Majoritarianelectoralarrangementsdepressrealpricesbyapproximatelytenpercent,allelseequal.Theauthorscarefullyconstructandtesttheirargumentandbroadenittoconsidertheoverallwelfareeffectsofelectoralsystemdesignandtheincentivesofactorsinthechoiceofelectoralinstitutions.
作者简介
EricC.C.ChangreceivedhisPh.D.fromtheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles(UCLA)in2003andisAssociateProfessorofPoliticalScienceatMichiganStateUniversity.Hestudiescomparativepoliticaleconomy,politicalinstitutions,politicalcorruption,anddemocratizationindevelopedanddevelopingdemocracies.Hisresearchusesformaltheoryandquantitativemethodologytoanalyzesubstantivepoliticalandeconomicphenomena.Hisarticle'ElectoralSystems,DistrictMagnitudeandCorruption',co-authoredwithMiriamGolden,wonthe2008LawrenceLongleyAward,givenbytheAmericanPoliticalScienceAssociation'sOrganizedSectioninRepresentationandElectoralSystems.HispublicationshavealsoappearedintheJournalofPolitics,theBritishJournalofPoliticalScience,WorldPolitics,ComparativePoliticalStudies,andtheEuropeanJournalofPoliticalResearch.MarkAndreasKayserisProfessorofAppliedQuantitativeMethodsandComparativePoliticsattheHertieSchoolofGovernanceinBerlin.Hisresearchfocusesonthecomparativeandinternationalpoliticaleconomyofelections,withanemphasisondomesticpoliticalinstitutions,electoralbehavior,redistribution,andpoliticalinterventionintheeconomy.HeearnedhisPh.D.in2002fromUCLA.HehasservedasapostdoctoralPrizeResearchFellowatNuffieldCollege,Oxford,andasAssistantProfessorofPoliticalScienceattheUniversityofRochester.Heistheauthororco-authorofarticlesonopportunisticelectiontiming,politicalbusinesscycles,theelectoraleffectsofinternationalbusinesscycles,andtherelationshipbetweenglobalizationandelectoralpolitics.HisworkhasappearedintheAmericanJournalofPoliticalScience,theAmericanPoliticalScienceReview,theAnnualReviewofPoliticalScience,theBritishJournalofPoliticalScience,andtheEuropeanJournalofPoliticalResearch.DrewA.LinzerisAssistantProfessorofPoliticalScienceatEmoryUniversity.HereceivedhisPh.D.inPoliticalSciencefromUCLAin2008.Hisresearchexplorespatternsofpublicopinionandvotingbehaviorindemocraciesaroundtheworld,andtheirconsequencesforpoliticalrepresentationandqualityofgovernance.Healsospecializesinappliedstatisticalmethodologyforanalyzingsocialscientificdata.HisworkhasappearedinjournalsincludingtheJournalofPolitics,WorldPolitics,PoliticalAnalysisandtheJournalofStatisticalSoftware.ProfessorLinzerisalsoaco-creatorofpoLCA,asoftwarepackagefortheestimationoflatentclassmodelsintheRstatisticalcomputingenvironment.HewaspreviouslyaprofessionalsurveyresearcherwithfirmsinWashingtonDC,PaloAltoandSantaMonica.RonaldRogowskiisProfessorofPoliticalScienceatUCLA.Hisbook,CommerceandCoalitions,receivedtheAmericanPoliticalScienceAssociation'sprizeforbestbookinpoliticaleconomy.HeisaformermemberoftheNationalScienceFoundation'sPoliticalSciencePanelandacurrentmemberoftheEuropeanResearchCouncilSocialSciencesPanel.HehasgiveninvitedlecturesatBologna,Budapest,Barcelona,Konstanz,MannheimandtheBerlinScienceCenter(WZB)andiscurrentlyleadeditoroftheAmericanPoliticalScienceReview.
