ECONOMY

1090 subject index
state, the: (cont.)
state failure 715–16
stateless societies 710–12
see also state, economic role of; state size
state, economic role of 642–3, 652–3
and demand management 643–6
impact of globalization 645–6
impact of rational expectations 644–5
institutional environment 644–5
and socio-economic institutional
environment 649–52
actors’ policy preferences 651–2
as constraint 652
regime types 650
resistance to changes in 651–2
varieties of capitalism 650–1
and supply-side policy
impact of globalization 648–9
institutional environment 647–8
service sector 646–7
structural continuity 649
wage levels 647–8
welfare state policies 647, 648
see also economic policy
state intervention, and constitutions 342
state size 20–2, 768–9
and analytical framework for understanding 783–8
average utility 785–6, 787–8
border determination 792
break-ups 791
compensation for the dissatisfied 788–90
efficient borders 787
government type 783
income inequality 790–1
inefficient break-ups 786
‘Leviathans’ 792
majority voting 786, 787
preferred government type 783–4
taxes per capita 784–5
and benefits of large size 781–2
and costs of large size 782
and defense/security issues 794–6
and factor mobility 794
and historical concern with 778–9
and international economic integration 793–4
and literature on:
clubs and local public goods 780
conflict and appropriation 781
national borders 779–80
trade blocs 780–1
statutory interpretation 274–7
strategic pre-action, and American presidency 242,
249–51
strategic voting 102, 110, 403–4
strategy-proofness:
and allocation mechanisms 383–6
and social choice 382–3
strong reciprocity 957–60
and evolution of 960–1
structure-induced equilibrium, and coalition
formation 165–8
substitution effect, and bureaucratic delegation 260,
263, 266
suicide bombers 18
super-majorities, and pivotal politics theory 225–6
filibuster pivots 226–7
supply-side economics, and role of the state 646–9
and impact of globalization 648–9
and institutional environment 647–8
and service sector 646–7
and structural continuity 649
and wage levels 647–8
and welfare state policies 647, 648
see also economic policy
survival:
and evolutionary models of behavior 17
and political behavior 4
Sweden 308
and budget process 473
swing ratio 105
Switzerland, and ex ante fiscal rules 466
Taiwan 701
takings clause, and United States Supreme
Court 351–4
taxation:
and basic model of fiscal competition 509–12
and federalism 363, 365–7
and flat taxes 527–8
and flypaper effect 1025–6
and income redistribution:
restricted tax schemes 85–8
targeting of heterogeneous groups 92–8
unrestricted transfer schemes 88–92
and non-economic issues 1024–5
and progressive taxation 1023–4
and public choice 527
and public sector economics 444–6
see also fiscal competition; fiscal institutions;
public finance
technology, and inequality 627
terror, and authoritarian governments 698–700
terrorism 1008
third parties:
and candidate divergence 36–7
and plurality voting 109–10
Third Reform Act (UK, 1884) 687
Thirty Years War 719–20
trade blocs 780–1
trade unions 644
and inequality 627
transfer spending 609–10
Transparency International 727
Trinidad and Tobago 319
trust 975
Turkey:
and ethnicity 855
and political/economic development 674
turnout, and laboratory experiments on 917,
929–32
ultimatum game 18
unanimity rule 990–1
uncertainty, and choice of institutions 1036–7
see also policy uncertainty
underdevelopment, and development theory 760