Redesigning Democracy

Part I. Contractual Democracy

1. Introduction to Part I
Hans Gersbach

2. Retrospect – Competition of Politicians for Incentive Contracts
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3. Vote-share Contracts Without Signaling of Competence
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4. Vote Thresholds With Signaling of Competence
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5. Information Markets, Elections and Threshold Contracts
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6. Limits of Contractual Democracy – Competition for Wages and Office
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Part II. Rules for Decision-Making and Agenda-Setting

7. Introduction to Part II
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8. Democratic Provision of Divisible Public Goods
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9. Minority Voting and Public Project Provision
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10. Initiative-Group Constitutions
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11. Perspectives
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Keywords: Economics, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice, Democracy, Public Economics, Political Economy, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Law and Economics