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A MODEL OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 0 4 8 28 224
A Model of the Political Economy of the United States 2 2 12 49 6 12 45 228
A Positive Theory of Fiscal Deficits and Government Debt in a Democracy 6 11 47 287 10 28 102 562
A Positive Theory of Fiscal Deficits and Government Debt in a Democracy 3 5 23 74 4 13 57 286
Ambiguity and Extremism in Elections 2 19 19 19 9 29 29 29
An Overlapping Generations Model of Electoral Competition 3 6 21 88 3 14 52 339
Artificial States 2 3 15 53 8 15 62 115
Artificial States 2 5 39 87 7 20 104 220
Artificial States 2 5 21 65 7 15 79 189
Budget Deficits and Budget Institutions 11 17 95 745 17 35 164 1,391
Budget Deficits and Budget Institutions 0 0 0 2 8 18 73 432
Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Latin America 5 11 37 349 8 19 89 726
Bureaucrats or Politicians? 0 2 9 195 1 8 33 358
Bureaucrats or Politicians? 2 2 5 50 4 5 33 173
Bureaucrats or Politicians? 1 4 21 41 4 11 50 102
Bureaucrats or Politicians? 0 3 15 150 1 8 47 319
Bureaucrats or Politicians? 2 7 34 45 9 31 102 145
Choosing (And Reneging On) Exchange Rate Regimes 1 2 22 27 3 18 85 137
Choosing (and reneging on) exchange rate regimes 1 3 17 134 2 10 47 376
Choosing Electoral Rules: Theory and Evidence from US Cities 0 1 7 85 3 8 28 199
Choosing Electoral rules: Theory and Evidence from US Cities 1 3 12 26 6 16 49 96
Corruption, Inequality and Fairness 1 1 14 120 4 12 64 330
Corruption, Inequality and Fairness 4 11 36 85 8 32 92 204
Currency Unions 1 7 46 286 5 20 94 553
Democracy, Technology, and Growth 4 8 45 154 7 20 115 200
Distributive Politics and Economic Growth 1 7 55 607 9 43 197 1,389
Distributive Politics and Economic Growth 12 22 82 721 18 51 195 1,485
Divorce, Fertility and the Shot Gun Marriage 0 1 10 35 1 7 36 129
Divorce, Fertility and the Shot Gun Marriage 0 3 12 45 1 12 43 202
Divorce, fertility and the shot gun marriage 1 1 14 31 2 15 76 151
Do Corrupt Governments Receive Less Foreign Aid? 10 20 96 444 24 61 237 1,163
Do Women Pay More for Credit? Evidence from Italy 24 60 60 60 18 50 50 50
Economic Integration and Political Disintegration 1 3 26 361 9 17 94 1,509
Economic Risk and Political Risk in Fiscal Unions 2 4 10 139 4 11 52 567
Endogenous Political Institutions 3 3 23 177 9 14 66 415
Endogenous Political Institutions 0 3 12 100 2 10 40 300
Endogenous Political Institutions 2 7 23 41 3 18 89 139
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance 12 23 113 352 24 54 234 810
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance 3 11 59 91 9 32 128 210
External Debt, Capital Flight and Political Risk 2 3 17 209 4 10 51 383
External Debt, Capital Flight and Political Risk 1 3 24 266 2 14 106 747
External Debt, Capital Flight and Political Risk 1 10 54 215 3 40 168 536
FISCAL ADJUSTMENT, THE REAL EXCHANGE RATE AND AUSTRALIAN'S EXTERNAL IMBALANCE 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 804
Fairness and Redistribution 2 6 33 101 8 18 61 167
Fairness and Redistribution 7 19 75 237 15 40 148 456
Fairness and Redistribution: U.S. versus Europe 1 6 36 268 8 32 112 856
Fairness and Redistribution: US versus Europe 4 6 33 55 11 29 108 180
Fiscal Adjustments in OECD Countries - Composition and Macroeconomic Effects 0 0 0 0 3 12 44 315
Fiscal Adjustments in OECD Countries: Composition and Macroeconomic Effects 6 16 83 707 15 35 144 1,801
Fiscal Expansions and Fiscal Adjustments in OECD Countries 6 11 49 511 8 17 87 921
Fiscal Policy, Profits, and Investment 2 9 49 369 6 22 113 913
Fiscal Policy, Profits, and Investment 0 1 8 202 1 11 55 748
Fractionalization 3 11 57 89 7 39 139 219
Fractionalization 2 17 66 518 10 46 213 1,447
Gender Based Taxation and the Division of Family Chores 0 3 41 41 7 27 115 115
Gender Based Taxation and the Division of Family Chores 0 3 22 22 5 24 63 63
Good bye Lenin (or not?): The Effect of Communism on People's Preferences 1 4 30 124 18 50 235 575
Good bye Lenin (or not?): The effect of Communism on people's preferences 2 3 41 68 15 51 251 371
Income Distribution, Political Instability, and Investment 12 29 149 841 20 60 287 1,790
Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different? 6 14 59 96 13 34 124 229
Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different? 2 3 32 267 8 17 96 776
Institutional Rules for Federations 1 2 6 194 2 5 28 610
Institutional Rules for Federations 0 3 11 24 1 11 34 79
International Conflict, Defense Spending and the Size of Countries 2 2 6 237 9 19 76 1,568
International Unions 1 2 16 21 1 9 35 59
Is Europe Going Too Far? 2 3 15 251 4 11 46 570
MODERATING ELECTIONS 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 56
Macroeconomic Policy and Elections in OECD Democracies 4 14 38 225 12 32 90 503
Macroeconomic Policy and Elections in OECD Democracies 3 9 26 184 7 18 46 762
Menus of Linear Income Tax Schedules 0 2 8 16 1 4 15 407
Moderating Elections 0 1 3 11 0 2 9 45
On the Feasibility of a One or Multi-Speed European Monetary Union 0 0 4 22 1 5 20 118
On the Feasibility of a One- or Multi-Speed European Monetary Union 0 0 3 43 2 7 36 224
On the Number and Size of Nations 7 14 99 578 12 59 286 1,778
Openness, Country Size and the Government 1 4 33 229 3 10 71 744
Optimal Currency Areas 2 10 75 767 5 22 130 1,699
Optimal Currency Areas 2 13 73 137 4 27 132 260
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND DEBT MANAGEMENT: A MODEL AND A CASE STUDY OF ITALY 0 0 0 0 3 12 77 591
Participation in Heterogeneous Communities 2 11 46 158 5 24 107 446
Participation in Heterogeneous Communities 2 11 46 258 6 23 128 773
Partisan Cycles in Congressional Elections and the Macroeconomy 0 2 6 36 5 12 33 135
Political Cycles in OECD Economies 5 9 39 185 6 15 75 393
Political Cycles in OECD Economies 0 2 25 183 3 12 82 521
Political Instability and Economic Growth 14 40 206 621 28 92 423 1,154
Political Jurisdictions in Heterogeneous Communities 2 3 7 57 4 10 37 328
Political Jurisdictions in Heterogeneous Communities 0 5 14 20 5 16 47 74
Political Parties and the Business Cycle in the United States, 1948-1984 8 9 17 98 16 19 95 376
Political models of macroeconomic policy and fiscal reform 6 10 42 97 14 28 106 378
Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities 3 5 20 29 3 16 51 94
Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities 0 1 14 98 5 10 53 336
Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities 1 5 50 199 4 12 92 681
Public Confidence and Debt Management: A Model and A Case Study of Italy 4 7 20 149 5 12 51 365
Public Confidence and Debt Management: A Model and a Case Study of Italy 1 4 13 124 3 12 54 436
Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions 0 5 20 253 5 22 101 970
Public goods and ethnic divisions 6 23 97 642 17 51 205 2,696
Redistribution Through Public Employment - The Case of Italy 0 0 0 30 1 11 36 131
Redistribution Through Public Employment: The Case of Italy 1 5 25 115 3 15 67 388
Redistributive Public Employment 2 5 17 110 4 10 68 461
Regulation and Investment 1 4 25 226 7 22 87 607
Regulation and Investment 2 8 29 272 5 19 68 582
Regulation and Investment 1 3 15 183 3 15 48 375
Segregation and the Quality of Government in a Cross-Section of Countries 9 9 9 9 11 11 11 11
Technology and Labor Regulations 1 3 17 53 3 13 54 143
The Costs and Benefits of Fiscal Rules: Evidence from U.S. States 5 9 26 215 7 15 64 465
The Determinants of Trust 2 14 53 379 9 40 122 735
The European Central Bank: Reshaping Monetary Politics in Europe 3 5 29 112 8 15 83 342
The European Central Bank: Reshaping Monetary Politics in Europe 3 3 31 112 6 8 62 371
The European Union: A Politically Incorrect View 10 13 32 53 12 23 77 124
The European Union: A Politically Incorrect View 7 8 31 281 16 23 105 649
The Political Economy of Budget Deficits 0 0 0 1 13 33 150 540
The Political Economy of Budget Deficits 10 34 172 1,094 26 59 291 1,644
The Political Economy of Capital Controls 4 22 71 322 9 61 166 784
The Political Economy of Capital Controls 0 0 0 1 3 13 43 552
The Political Economy of Capital Controls 4 9 29 140 5 18 59 231
The Political Economy of International Unions 1 5 17 35 5 19 60 116
The Political Economy of International Unions 0 3 20 270 1 7 39 992
The Political Economy of the Budget Surplus in the U.S 2 4 12 80 5 8 28 245
The Politics of Ambiguity 0 3 10 60 3 11 36 239
The Power of the Family 1 8 43 106 8 31 112 211
The Size of Countries: Does it Matter? 4 12 38 63 14 41 101 163
The Welfare State and Competitiveness 4 8 26 242 5 13 64 502
Trade, Growth, and the Size of Countries 1 7 51 111 7 25 113 243
Voting on the Budget Deficit 1 3 16 138 3 13 54 599
Voting on the Budget Deficit 1 2 13 102 3 9 39 465
Voting on the Budget Deficit 1 2 13 148 4 8 36 281
War, Peace and the Size of Countries 3 3 17 41 9 24 76 143
What Does the European Union Do? 4 7 32 91 21 35 124 294
What Does the European Union Do? 1 1 19 289 10 14 104 1,517
What Does the European Union Do? 5 8 33 55 22 36 152 240
Who Adjusts and When? On the Political Economy of Reforms 4 11 36 118 11 24 71 266
Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why? 19 50 324 2,007 39 111 676 4,665
Who adjusts and when? On the political economy of reforms 7 11 39 80 13 24 91 180
Why Are Stabilizations Delayed? 0 0 0 1 5 13 48 398
Why Are There So Many Divided Senate Delegations? 1 1 4 17 5 6 18 107
Why Do Politicians Delegate? 0 2 12 95 3 6 36 181
Why Doesn't The US Have a European-Style Welfare State? 10 19 83 107 19 37 183 252
Why Doesn't the US Have a European-Style Welfare System? 2 5 31 159 8 22 100 651
Why Is Fiscal Policy Often Procyclical? 1 3 27 54 2 6 85 201
Why are Stabilizations Delayed? 3 3 15 185 8 17 64 399
Why do Politicians Delegate? 1 3 24 79 0 2 34 114
Why do Politicians Delegate? 1 3 20 37 3 15 55 95
Why is Fiscal Policy Often Procyclical? 2 6 30 166 5 12 42 276
Why is Fiscal Policy often Procyclical? 2 6 23 108 6 21 125 345
Why is fiscal policy often procyclical? 1 6 23 50 2 14 73 145
Why is fiscal policy often procyclical? 1 3 18 95 2 5 30 117
Work and Leisure in the U. S. and Europe: Why so Different? 8 22 73 143 25 66 226 393
Work and Leisure in the U.S. and Europe: Why So Different? 8 22 211 738 28 76 694 2,325
Total Working Papers 431 1,120 5,227 27,550 1,125 3,286 14,318 77,588


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A Positive Theory of Fiscal Deficits and Government Debt 6 10 51 346 11 22 104 737
A Theory of Divided Government 7 12 44 298 15 40 317 2,005
Alternative monetary regimes: A review essay 0 2 4 8 0 3 10 24
An overlapping generations model of electoral competition 1 2 11 29 1 7 30 66
Budget institutions and fiscal performance in Latin America 0 1 10 53 2 6 46 159
Central Bank Independence and Macroeconomic Performance: Some Comparative Evidence 16 53 421 2,275 35 128 829 5,159
Choosing (and Reneging on) Exchange Rate Regimes 1 3 20 54 5 14 74 163
Conflict, defense spending, and the number of nations 0 4 14 35 1 13 57 121
Corruption, inequality, and fairness 0 6 14 34 3 12 41 115
Credibility and Policy Convergence in a Two-Party System with Rational Voters 0 0 0 28 23 39 83 976
Credibility and politics 4 11 32 55 6 18 60 107
Currency Unions 3 10 46 420 9 21 103 1,088
Deuda externa, fuga de capitales y riesgo político 0 0 0 0 4 14 43 89
Distributive Politics and Economic Growth 24 58 308 2,161 73 179 788 6,588
Do Corrupt Governments Receive Less Foreign Aid? 3 12 54 372 16 36 146 893
Dollarization 1 6 27 246 21 33 79 564
Economic Integration and Political Disintegration 3 9 38 312 15 47 196 1,243
Economic Risk and Political Risk in Fiscal Unions 1 2 7 45 2 5 25 188
Electoral business cycle in industrial democracies 1 10 34 118 3 18 77 239
Endogenous Political Institutions 12 22 79 245 14 43 188 658
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance 6 14 73 165 12 40 172 404
European Financial Market Integration 0 2 8 58 0 3 16 148
External debt, capital flight and political risk 2 5 25 58 4 11 63 127
Fairness and Redistribution 5 9 51 148 12 28 129 375
Fiscal Discipline and the Budget Process 20 32 58 340 49 73 147 698
Fiscal Policy, Profits, and Investment 0 4 20 189 3 14 70 523
Fractionalization 7 22 146 445 19 73 358 1,139
Global macroeconomics: Ralph Bryant and Richard Portes, eds., (Macmillan Press, in association with CEPR, London, 1987) pp. 256, $55.00 0 1 5 9 0 6 30 49
Income distribution, political instability, and investment 8 23 104 456 14 37 173 872
Independent Central Banks: Low Inflation at No Cost? 3 7 62 482 6 18 138 1,044
Inequality and happiness: are Europeans and Americans different? 8 13 103 183 24 50 256 464
International Unions 0 0 5 19 2 4 23 95
Is Europe going too far? 1 4 12 86 4 11 45 181
Joseph Schumpeter Lecture: The Size of Countries: Does it Matter? 0 4 24 39 1 13 60 114
Macroeconomic Policy in a Two-Party System as a Repeated Game 3 8 32 472 10 21 85 1,570
On the Number and Size of Nations 0 0 0 4 13 33 131 782
Openness, country size and government 5 11 34 131 8 21 75 276
Participation In Heterogeneous Communities 8 17 87 315 15 40 194 919
Polarized platforms and moderate policies with checks and balances 1 1 2 11 2 4 13 40
Political Cycles in OECD Economies 1 3 18 144 3 12 54 357
Political Instability and Economic Growth 0 0 0 0 185 437 1,871 4,376
Political Jurisdictions in Heterogeneous Communities 6 10 39 105 15 30 127 367
Political Parties and the Business Cycle in the United States, 1948-1984 0 0 15 56 8 11 57 253
Positive and normative theories of public debt and inflation in historical perspective 0 3 23 107 6 13 68 326
Preferences for redistribution in the land of opportunities 3 8 38 105 8 16 73 251
Public Goods And Ethnic Divisions 3 11 91 624 11 54 321 2,032
Redistributive Public Employment 0 0 3 31 2 3 26 132
Regulation And Investment 7 23 124 249 21 59 242 506
Reply to Blankart and Koester's Political Economics versus Public Choice Two Views of Political Economy in Competition 1 1 12 39 5 10 56 128
Rules and Discretion with Noncoordinated Monetary and Fiscal Policies 0 0 0 0 3 9 64 628
Tales of fiscal adjustment 1 5 30 49 3 11 55 100
Taxation and redistribution in an open economy 2 4 9 43 2 6 20 97
The 1992, 1994 and 1996 Elections: A Comment and a Forecast 0 0 0 0 1 8 41 180
The European Union: A Politically Incorrect View 20 21 51 90 31 41 138 255
The Political Economy of Growth: A Critical Survey of the Recent Literature 0 0 0 12 19 48 259 1,366
The Political Economy of the Budget Surplus in the United States 7 10 31 162 13 29 144 792
The Political Economy of the Budget Surplus in the United States: Response 1 2 4 35 2 7 23 193
The Politics of Ambiguity 3 6 23 137 13 25 85 494
The Welfare State and Competitiveness 1 3 20 202 3 11 48 474
Togetheror separately? Issues on the costs and benefits of political and fiscal unions 0 1 4 18 0 3 11 69
Voting on the Budget Deficit 5 13 36 250 10 24 83 854
War, peace, and the size of countries 3 6 20 54 3 9 37 141
What does the European Union do? 0 4 42 110 31 44 247 542
Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why? 23 64 444 1,534 40 126 934 2,924
Who trusts others? 12 50 267 1,004 19 82 474 1,911
Why Are Stabilizations Delayed? 7 13 50 489 12 32 150 1,225
Why do Americans Work so Hard? 3 6 34 74 12 29 141 307
Total Journal Articles 269 677 3,493 16,467 938 2,387 11,323 52,282


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Trade, Growth and the Size of Countries 4 12 63 133 31 153 415 788
Total Chapters 4 12 63 133 31 153 415 788


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