1. Editorial announcement

   Events 17 January 2013 Pages: 161 - 161

2. Remembering Vincent Ostrom: unhorsing a dominant paradigm

   • David Lowery

   Obituary 09 January 2013 Pages: 163 - 171

3. Trade openness and public expenditure. The Spanish case, 1960–2000

   • Estela Sáenz
   • Marcela Sabaté
   • M. Dolores Gadea

   OriginalPaper 06 September 2011 Pages: 173 - 195

4. The timing of elections in federations: a disciplining device against soft budget constraints?

   • Karolina Kaiser
   • Emmanuelle Taugourdeau

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2011 Pages: 197 - 215

5. Bicameral bargaining and federation formation

   • Ross Hickey

   OriginalPaper 13 July 2011 Pages: 217 - 241

6. Procyclical government spending: a public choice analysis

   • Andrew Abbott
   • Philip Jones

   OriginalPaper 21 July 2011 Pages: 243 - 258

7. Is there an incumbency advantage or cost of ruling in proportional election systems?

   • Che-Yuan Liang

   OriginalPaper 14 July 2011 Pages: 259 - 284

8. The illusory leader: natural resources, taxation and accountability

   • Eoin F. McGuirk

   OriginalPaper 21 July 2011 Pages: 285 - 313

9. Islam and democracy: a response

   • Marek Hanusch

   Commentary to 19 October 2012 Pages: 315 - 321

10. Democracy and countries with Muslim majorities: a reply and update

    • Niklas Potrafke

    Reply From 04 January 2013 Pages: 323 - 332

11. Robert B. Ekelund Jr., Robert D. Tollison: Economic origins of Roman Christianity

    • Charles M. North

    Book Review 13 March 2012 Pages: 333 - 335

12. Dennis M.P. McCarthy: An economic history of organized crime: a national and transnational approach

    • Nicholas A. Snow

    Book Review 15 March 2012 Pages: 337 - 340

13. Timur Kuran: The long divergence: how Islamic law held back the Middle East

    • Mark Koyama

    Book Review 24 April 2012 Pages: 341 - 343