ECONOMY

1078 subject index
game theory: (cont.)
Fiorina and Plott’s experiments 918–19
and cooperation 956–7
and cooperative game theory 901
core of the game 901–2
and folk theorem 710
and non-cooperative game theory 902, 906, 978
and Poisson games 910–12
and political economy 528
and social choice:
endstate cum procedural justice 381–3
endstate vs procedural justice 376–8
endstate/procedural complementarity 379–81
microeconomic approach to 374–6
strategy-proof mechanisms 383–6
and strong reciprocity 957–60
Gamson’s Law 172
gatekeeping authority, and legislatures 6
General Agreements on TariffsandTrade
(GATT) 759
genes, and evolutionary models of behavior 18–20
geographical economics, see economic geography
geography, and fundamental importance of 740
see also economic geography
Germany:
and bicameralism 181
and budget process 473
and constitution of 320
and ex ante fiscal rules 466
and federalism 366
and special interest gridlock 530
Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem 383–4, 403
Gini coefficient 625
globalization 757
and demand management 645–6
and development theory 760–1
and global governance 769–70
and international financial crises 524
and nascent phase of 759
and sequential development 748–9
and supply-side economic policy 648–9
see also international trade
gold standard 588, 589, 590
governance, and global governance 769–70
government:
and distribution of income 84–5
and fiscal competition 503–4
and purpose of 342
see also income redistribution
Great Britain:
and American colonies 1006–7
and colonial America 1038–9
and ethnicity 854
and political and economic development 673, 685
concessions by elites 688–90
education reform 687
emergence of democracy 686–7
interpretation of 688–90
origins of economic supremacy 685
political reform 685–7
reform of economic institutions 687
gridlock:
and legislative organization 151–2
and pivot theories:
pivotal politics theory 225, 228
procedural cartel theory 229–30
group rule utilitarianism, and voting behavior 41–2
Guatemala 681
habitus 941
Haiti 690
and political/economic development 673–4
Heckscher-Ohlin theory:
and international trade
migration and investment 816–18
trade in products 815–16
and Open Economy Politics (OEP) 762
hegemonic stability theory 761–2
heresthetics 130
Hungary 320
and democratization 659, 661–2, 664
and repression 681
Hyde Park riots (1866) 686
identity, and constitutions as expressive
documents 337–8
ideology:
and electoral systems 733–4
and party labels 44
and voter behavior 32, 34
imperfect information, and income
redistribution 98–9
impossibility theorem 373, 601, 972
and economic outcomes 973–4
and markets 974
and political competition 1028–9
and social evaluation 409, 419
and voting theory 405–6
income, per capita, and democracy 314–18, 684–5,
705
income inequality, see inequality
income redistribution 84–5, 99–100, 313–14
and cross-national variations 603–4
and electoral systems 87–8, 90–2
and ethnic heterogeneity 630
and federalism 365–7
and imperfect information 98–9
and increased preference for 631–2
and intergenerational conflict 536–8
and political institutions 630–1
and proportional representation 87–8, 635–6
and restricted tax schemes 85–8
and role of government 84–5
accountability of 85
and survival of democracy 319–20
and targeting of heterogeneous groups 92–8
and unrestricted transfer schemes 88–92
and voluntary redistribution 446
see also distributive politics; inequality
India:
and economic development 531–2
and economic openness 827
and election timing 549
and ethnicity 856
and federalism 359
indoctrination, and beliefs about inequality 637–8