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A MODEL OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 0 2 3 18 249
A Model of the Political Economy of the United States 2 6 18 75 17 27 56 305
A Positive Theory of Fiscal Deficits and Government Debt in a Democracy 4 11 40 342 12 24 84 683
A Positive Theory of Fiscal Deficits and Government Debt in a Democracy 1 7 26 112 2 13 47 358
Ambiguity and Extremism in Elections 0 2 15 47 0 5 34 87
An Overlapping Generations Model of Electoral Competition 3 12 30 127 5 24 64 423
Artificial States 0 4 11 70 6 12 54 198
Artificial States 2 11 30 126 4 20 66 311
Artificial States 1 4 10 79 5 18 51 266
Budget Deficits and Budget Institutions 13 40 120 917 17 64 195 1,657
Budget Deficits and Budget Institutions 0 0 0 2 5 13 50 516
Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Latin America 4 19 75 438 6 33 139 905
Bureaucrats or Politicians? 1 2 7 202 1 2 28 393
Bureaucrats or Politicians? 1 2 11 62 3 4 24 209
Bureaucrats or Politicians? 0 1 12 65 1 4 27 151
Bureaucrats or Politicians? 0 0 4 157 0 0 12 340
Bureaucrats or Politicians? 2 11 45 110 13 32 153 346
Choosing (And Reneging On) Exchange Rate Regimes 2 3 15 53 4 6 38 199
Choosing (and reneging on) exchange rate regimes 1 2 5 140 4 8 28 409
Choosing Electoral Rules: Theory and Evidence from US Cities 0 1 5 94 1 3 17 229
Choosing Electoral rules: Theory and Evidence from US Cities 3 7 15 45 7 14 35 147
Corruption, Inequality and Fairness 1 1 13 139 3 7 34 385
Corruption, Inequality and Fairness 4 12 53 164 9 22 105 360
Currency Unions 7 16 55 359 9 21 83 669
Democracy, Technology, and Growth 1 8 39 201 3 17 88 310
Distributive Politics and Economic Growth 5 8 37 663 15 28 140 1,594
Distributive Politics and Economic Growth 9 27 97 868 29 67 223 1,823
Divorce, Fertility and the Shot Gun Marriage 0 1 7 44 0 4 28 171
Divorce, Fertility and the Shot Gun Marriage 0 0 5 52 0 3 22 238
Divorce, fertility and the shot gun marriage 0 1 15 53 2 6 59 238
Do Corrupt Governments Receive Less Foreign Aid? 12 34 160 648 41 131 478 1,789
Do Women Pay More for Credit? Evidence from Italy 0 7 35 123 4 20 66 166
Economic Integration and Political Disintegration 3 14 48 424 13 40 121 1,677
Economic Risk and Political Risk in Fiscal Unions 0 2 16 159 5 10 54 637
Endogenous Political Institutions 3 7 34 230 8 16 60 513
Endogenous Political Institutions 2 3 10 117 3 7 24 345
Endogenous Political Institutions 12 19 48 102 16 33 89 259
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance 21 52 149 541 51 134 415 1,329
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance 7 20 96 223 13 45 230 519
External Debt, Capital Flight and Political Risk 0 5 21 234 1 9 43 441
External Debt, Capital Flight and Political Risk 0 6 31 310 3 21 105 882
External Debt, Capital Flight and Political Risk 1 3 25 250 2 10 62 627
FISCAL ADJUSTMENT, THE REAL EXCHANGE RATE AND AUSTRALIAN'S EXTERNAL IMBALANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 811
Fairness and Redistribution 3 11 29 142 7 27 63 257
Fairness and Redistribution 2 17 68 325 9 35 129 632
Fairness and Redistribution: U.S. versus Europe 5 13 45 328 15 33 129 1,031
Fairness and Redistribution: US versus Europe 1 6 30 110 1 12 73 315
Family Ties and Political Participation 6 16 78 78 7 21 58 58
Family Values and the Regulation of Labor 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Fiscal Adjustments in OECD Countries - Composition and Macroeconomic Effects 0 0 0 0 14 22 81 429
Fiscal Adjustments in OECD Countries: Composition and Macroeconomic Effects 25 65 195 954 37 96 301 2,189
Fiscal Expansions and Fiscal Adjustments in OECD Countries 2 15 84 621 3 23 124 1,087
Fiscal Policy, Profits, and Investment 4 8 41 434 6 15 79 1,033
Fiscal Policy, Profits, and Investment 3 4 18 232 3 6 48 823
Fractionalization 3 9 35 138 7 23 89 347
Fractionalization 6 24 91 637 19 66 242 1,775
Gender Based Taxation and the Division of Family Chores 2 6 19 74 5 22 76 228
Gender Based Taxation and the Division of Family Chores 3 10 34 69 12 29 91 188
Good bye Lenin (or not?): The Effect of Communism on People's Preferences 0 4 17 149 8 37 124 758
Good bye Lenin (or not?): The effect of Communism on people's preferences 4 11 47 130 12 45 219 686
Income Distribution, Political Instability, and Investment 10 33 138 1,041 22 73 290 2,212
Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different? 4 17 63 181 6 24 108 377
Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different? 0 1 15 288 2 10 47 847
Institutional Rules for Federations 0 1 3 200 0 6 11 627
Institutional Rules for Federations 5 9 13 38 7 17 44 136
International Conflict, Defense Spending and the Size of Countries 3 12 26 264 4 21 74 1,667
International Unions 3 4 9 37 4 6 20 93
Is Europe Going Too Far? 0 1 5 258 0 3 23 603
Large Changes in Fiscal Policy: Taxes Versus Spending 14 32 103 103 18 60 110 110
MODERATING ELECTIONS 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 62
Macroeconomic Policy and Elections in OECD Democracies 3 6 41 283 9 20 94 637
Macroeconomic Policy and Elections in OECD Democracies 5 6 27 221 9 10 60 839
Menus of Linear Income Tax Schedules 0 2 5 23 1 3 16 428
Moderating Elections 0 1 3 16 0 2 14 62
On the Feasibility of a One or Multi-Speed European Monetary Union 0 2 7 32 1 6 23 151
On the Feasibility of a One- or Multi-Speed European Monetary Union 0 2 7 54 0 4 18 250
On the Number and Size of Nations 9 39 133 750 27 83 263 2,147
Openness, Country Size and the Government 6 13 47 286 11 22 76 844
Optimal Currency Areas 2 8 28 817 7 18 68 1,810
Optimal Currency Areas 6 20 60 227 13 39 113 420
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND DEBT MANAGEMENT: A MODEL AND A CASE STUDY OF ITALY 0 0 0 0 1 6 33 636
Participation in Heterogeneous Communities 5 13 48 231 14 32 96 593
Participation in Heterogeneous Communities 1 9 46 320 6 22 87 897
Partisan Cycles in Congressional Elections and the Macroeconomy 5 8 17 58 8 16 40 189
Political Cycles in OECD Economies 10 19 65 290 34 50 216 720
Political Cycles in OECD Economies 10 22 64 265 21 44 147 727
Political Instability and Economic Growth 14 36 211 923 45 100 482 1,848
Political Jurisdictions in Heterogeneous Communities 1 1 7 68 3 8 35 385
Political Jurisdictions in Heterogeneous Communities 0 4 8 37 5 16 45 146
Political Parties and the Business Cycle in the United States, 1948-1984 2 6 35 161 5 18 84 534
Political models of macroeconomic policy and fiscal reform 5 16 52 172 12 43 159 599
Preferences for Redistribution 2 9 75 75 6 21 117 117
Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities 2 11 36 88 8 28 103 246
Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities 2 4 14 117 3 11 41 391
Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities 8 20 66 297 9 35 139 882
Public Confidence and Debt Management: A Model and A Case Study of Italy 1 5 26 182 3 17 66 453
Public Confidence and Debt Management: A Model and a Case Study of Italy 0 0 21 148 2 5 54 514
Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions 4 13 35 298 14 31 105 1,118
Public goods and ethnic divisions 7 19 67 749 15 42 163 2,934
Redistribution Through Public Employment - The Case of Italy 0 0 0 30 0 4 21 166
Redistribution Through Public Employment: The Case of Italy 1 9 20 138 4 16 56 460
Redistributive Public Employment 1 7 45 164 3 12 170 654
Regulation and Investment 4 13 50 296 6 19 85 726
Regulation and Investment 1 5 24 307 2 10 48 650
Regulation and Investment 0 1 12 199 1 4 33 417
Segregation and the Quality of Government in a Cross-Section of Countries 0 4 11 31 9 18 66 123
Technology and Labor Regulations 2 4 20 77 6 18 116 279
The Costs and Benefits of Fiscal Rules: Evidence from U.S. States 7 16 56 297 17 46 151 678
The Determinants of Trust 7 15 46 439 9 27 101 871
The Euro and Structural Reforms 2 6 25 66 3 9 48 82
The European Central Bank: Reshaping Monetary Politics in Europe 1 7 25 144 3 23 73 428
The European Central Bank: Reshaping Monetary Politics in Europe 0 1 14 132 1 4 34 419
The European Union: A Politically Incorrect View 4 10 34 97 8 20 89 238
The European Union: A Politically Incorrect View 1 3 23 314 5 13 74 762
The Evolution of Ideology, Fairness and Redistribution 6 51 51 51 17 65 65 65
The Political Economy of Budget Deficits 0 0 0 1 14 50 161 774
The Political Economy of Budget Deficits 21 64 240 1,410 29 101 388 2,145
The Political Economy of Capital Controls 6 25 61 403 14 44 109 939
The Political Economy of Capital Controls 2 11 30 181 7 18 47 300
The Political Economy of International Unions 1 2 11 53 4 9 38 176
The Political Economy of International Unions 4 5 11 281 5 7 21 1,018
The Political Economy of the Budget Surplus in the U.S 1 1 1 85 3 7 28 281
The Politics of Ambiguity 2 2 7 69 5 19 41 292
The Power of the Family 0 2 21 148 4 11 86 346
The Size of Countries: Does it Matter? 3 14 38 117 7 21 63 275
The Welfare State and Competitiveness 2 8 38 290 6 22 74 598
Trade, Growth, and the Size of Countries 6 31 79 212 7 36 121 421
Voting on the Budget Deficit 1 3 7 150 4 9 29 643
Voting on the Budget Deficit 1 1 13 130 2 3 37 537
Voting on the Budget Deficit 2 7 28 187 2 9 34 339
War, Peace and the Size of Countries 6 15 30 79 12 29 83 254
What Does the European Union Do? 1 3 32 140 2 10 144 517
What Does the European Union Do? 0 0 8 301 3 13 83 1,633
What Does the European Union Do? 3 12 38 111 36 121 342 696
Who Adjusts and When? On the Political Economy of Reforms 1 6 24 153 2 8 41 324
Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why? 25 65 279 2,403 53 162 592 5,505
Who adjusts and when? On the political economy of reforms 5 16 49 144 11 29 87 297
Why Are Stabilizations Delayed? 0 0 0 1 6 12 35 448
Why Are There So Many Divided Senate Delegations? 2 2 3 20 3 7 15 127
Why Do Politicians Delegate? 0 0 2 100 0 0 13 203
Why Doesn't The US Have a European-Style Welfare State? 6 29 95 231 25 89 263 599
Why Doesn't the US Have a European-Style Welfare System? 0 5 21 187 1 12 77 751
Why Is Fiscal Policy Often Procyclical? 3 10 41 109 5 21 91 319
Why are Stabilizations Delayed? 1 5 28 222 7 15 67 485
Why do Politicians Delegate? 3 5 15 100 4 8 21 142
Why do Politicians Delegate? 3 10 24 68 4 12 36 151
Why is Fiscal Policy Often Procyclical? 1 5 31 209 2 13 73 365
Why is Fiscal Policy often Procyclical? 4 15 46 175 13 39 126 537
Why is fiscal policy often procyclical? 1 6 33 97 2 10 66 238
Why is fiscal policy often procyclical? 1 2 7 110 1 4 21 150
Work and Leisure in the U. S. and Europe: Why so Different? 10 26 100 278 22 66 258 747
Work and Leisure in the U.S. and Europe: Why So Different? 10 28 82 851 21 66 294 2,732
Total Working Papers 522 1,628 5,975 35,775 1,310 3,889 14,708 97,576


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Positive Theory of Fiscal Deficits and Government Debt 11 19 66 432 20 41 137 909
A Theory of Divided Government 4 14 40 377 12 35 104 2,248
Alternative monetary regimes: A review essay 0 2 4 12 0 2 7 32
An overlapping generations model of electoral competition 0 2 15 53 1 7 33 109
Budget institutions and fiscal performance in Latin America 1 5 27 87 3 10 57 228
Central Bank Independence and Macroeconomic Performance: Some Comparative Evidence 20 79 404 2,791 69 249 1,102 6,516
Choosing (and Reneging on) Exchange Rate Regimes 0 1 9 72 3 7 35 226
Conflict, defense spending, and the number of nations 4 10 17 55 5 15 35 169
Corruption, inequality, and fairness 3 5 23 63 4 7 38 167
Credibility and politics 3 6 31 99 4 13 75 208
Currency Unions 2 7 37 480 6 18 74 1,207
Deuda externa, fuga de capitales y riesgo político 0 0 0 0 1 4 26 126
Distributive Politics and Economic Growth 33 98 389 2,741 91 223 843 7,838
Dollarization 2 7 36 321 3 11 96 787
Economic Integration and Political Disintegration 7 20 69 407 20 64 302 1,674
Economic Risk and Political Risk in Fiscal Unions 0 0 4 53 0 0 12 208
Electoral business cycle in industrial democracies 2 6 39 188 8 20 111 408
Endogenous Political Institutions 7 16 82 367 14 34 162 908
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance 8 21 76 276 19 43 169 669
European Financial Market Integration 3 6 15 76 3 9 21 174
External debt, capital flight and political risk 3 4 18 87 4 11 40 185
Fiscal Discipline and the Budget Process 6 21 74 502 12 32 159 1,099
Fractionalization 18 56 181 676 49 127 431 1,709
Global macroeconomics: Ralph Bryant and Richard Portes, eds., (Macmillan Press, in association with CEPR, London, 1987) pp. 256, $55.00 1 1 1 12 1 2 2 61
Income distribution, political instability, and investment 12 39 154 663 25 72 275 1,238
Independent Central Banks: Low Inflation at No Cost? 1 4 28 537 1 11 62 1,163
Inequality and happiness: are Europeans and Americans different? 7 22 83 293 18 67 221 765
International Unions 8 10 17 38 13 23 47 149
Is Europe going too far? 0 1 12 102 0 2 23 214
Joseph Schumpeter Lecture: The Size of Countries: Does it Matter? 1 7 16 65 1 7 25 163
Macroeconomic Policy in a Two-Party System as a Repeated Game 8 24 91 588 14 35 134 1,739
On the Number and Size of Nations 0 0 0 4 5 30 131 968
Openness, country size and government 4 12 47 202 10 25 81 398
Participation In Heterogeneous Communities 8 22 80 431 27 64 228 1,244
Polarized platforms and moderate policies with checks and balances 0 0 3 19 1 1 8 56
Political Cycles in OECD Economies 2 5 19 176 7 17 63 454
Political Instability and Economic Growth 0 0 0 0 116 314 1,665 7,022
Political Jurisdictions in Heterogeneous Communities 0 3 8 133 4 18 49 484
Political Parties and the Business Cycle in the United States, 1948-1984 2 11 34 103 5 19 60 348
Positive and normative theories of public debt and inflation in historical perspective 3 9 29 145 10 26 72 421
Preferences for redistribution in the land of opportunities 2 8 32 154 6 19 64 350
Public Goods And Ethnic Divisions 6 21 53 708 21 74 263 2,416
Redistributive Public Employment 0 2 7 48 4 8 24 169
Regulation And Investment 13 27 95 377 24 52 192 790
Reply to Blankart and Koester's Political Economics versus Public Choice Two Views of Political Economy in Competition 1 2 13 62 3 4 30 180
Rules and Discretion with Noncoordinated Monetary and Fiscal Policies 0 0 0 0 8 16 77 727
Tales of fiscal adjustment 10 18 68 144 13 29 119 279
Taxation and redistribution in an open economy 3 6 12 59 7 13 22 125
The 1992, 1994 and 1996 Elections: A Comment and a Forecast 0 0 0 0 0 6 26 211
The European Union: A Politically Incorrect View 1 3 11 106 4 6 19 306
The Political Economy of Growth: A Critical Survey of the Recent Literature 0 0 0 12 15 42 209 1,667
The Political Economy of the Budget Surplus in the United States 1 1 10 186 7 7 38 910
The Political Economy of the Budget Surplus in the United States: Response 0 0 1 39 1 1 5 205
The Politics of Ambiguity 2 9 32 182 11 33 116 660
The Welfare State and Competitiveness 1 5 27 235 5 15 52 543
Togetheror separately? Issues on the costs and benefits of political and fiscal unions 2 12 21 41 3 14 28 101
Voting on the Budget Deficit 3 11 60 331 13 38 129 1,032
War, peace, and the size of countries 5 18 28 86 6 20 37 187
What does the European Union do? 0 2 31 157 3 24 199 867
Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why? 24 70 368 2,065 59 163 691 3,929
Who trusts others? 24 54 216 1,319 40 104 435 2,527
Why Are Stabilizations Delayed? 7 19 72 586 12 43 172 1,462
Total Journal Articles 299 863 3,435 20,623 874 2,446 10,162 64,334


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Europe and the Euro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Budget Deficits and Budget Institutions 10 19 50 50 14 28 72 72
Introduction to "Europe and the Euro" 3 6 7 7 3 10 14 14
Introduction to "Politics and Economics in the Eighties" 1 2 3 3 7 9 32 32
Macroeconomics and Politics 5 15 39 39 7 17 50 50
Optimal Currency Areas 2 5 25 25 9 15 48 48
Trade, Growth and the Size of Countries 13 37 66 222 31 95 349 1,265
Work and Leisure in the U.S. and Europe: Why So Different? 2 2 22 22 3 14 50 50
Total Chapters 36 86 212 368 74 188 615 1,531


Statistics updated 2010-03-03