The Political Economy of Social Choices

1. Autocratic Health Versus Democratic Health: Different Outcome Variables for Health as a Factor Versus Health as a Right
Dina Rosenberg, Olga Shvetsova

2. Comparison of Voting Procedures Using Models of Electoral Competition with Endogenous Candidacy
Damien Bol, Arnaud Dellis, Mandar Oak

3. Negative Advertising During Mexico’s 2012 Presidential Campaign
Andrei Gomberg, Emilio Gutiérrez, Zeev Thepris

4. Legislative Leaders as Condorcet Winners? The Case of the U.S. Congress
Robert S. Erikson, Yair Ghitza

5. The Duverger-Demsetz Perspective on Electoral Competitiveness and Fragmentation: With Application to the Canadian Parliamentary System, 1867–2011
J. Stephen Ferris, Stanley L. Winer, Bernard Grofman

6. Modelling the Effect of Campaign Advertising on US Presidential Elections
Maria Gallego, Norman Schofield

7. Personality Traits and the Gender Gap in Ideology
Rebecca Morton, Jean-Robert Tyran, Erik Wengström

8. Statistical Utilitarianism
Marcus Pivato

9. Measuring Campaign Spending Effects in Post-Citizens United Congressional Elections
Brandon Barutt, Norman Schofield

10. Spatial Model of U.S. Presidential Election in 2012
Jeong Hyun Kim, Norman Schofield

11. Modeling Elections and Referenda in Ireland
Norman Schofield, William Simoneau

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