Preferences and Democracy

Introduction. Part One: Unsatisfied Political Demands. Unpopular Policies and the Theory of Representative Democracy; P. Salmon. Equilibrium Political Inaction in a Democracy; P. Howitt, R. Wintrobe. Part Two: Bridges between Demand and Supply. A Theory of Demand for Governmentally Supplied Goods and Services; A. Breton. Organized Groups and the (Mis?)transmission of Public Preferences; R. Young. Public Goods Provision Institutions; M. Bilodeau. Part Three: Equilibrium Political Platforms: Convergence and Divergence. The Silent Revolution of Probabilistic Voting; J.-D. Lafay. Pivotal Voters and Economic Models of Party Equilibrium; G. Galeotti. Political Exchange and the Allocation of Surplus: A Model of Two-Party Competition; M. Grillo, M. Polo. Part Four: The Behaviour of Political Parties. Fourteen Ways to Credibly Escape a Credible Commitment (and still get Re-elected); R. Wintrobe. Issues and Party Alignments: A Review with Canadian Examples; R. Johnston. Part Five: Redistribution. The Demand for the Public Sector in the Rich Welfare State of Denmark: Two Polls from 1990; P. Nannestad, M. Paldam. Voting Rights and the Demand for Public Expenditure: An Analysis of the Redistributive Impact of Universal Suffrage; G. Brosio, C. Marchese. Vertical Redistribution and the Franchise: A Preliminary Investigation using Computational General Equilibrium Modelling; S.L. Winer, T. Rutherford. Index.