1. Does the flypaper model stick? A test of the relative performance of the flypaper and conventional models of local government budgetary behaviour

   • Richard R. Barnett
   • Rosella Levaggi
   • Peter Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 18

2. Expropriation of foreign direct investments: Empirical evidence and implications for the debt crisis

   • Hartmut Picht
   • Volker Stüven

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 38

3. Information, special interests, and single-issue voting

   • Roger D. Congleton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 49

4. Rent-seeking and the behavior of regulators: An empirical analysis

   • Michel Boucher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 67

5. Reexamining efficient rent-seeking in laboratory markets

   • Jason F. Shogren
   • Kyung H. Baik

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 79

6. Risk aversion and rent-seeking: An extension and some experimental evidence

   • Edward L. Millner
   • Michael D. Pratt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 92

7. Economic performance and U.S. Senate elections, 1958–1986

   • Randall W. Bennett
   • Clark Wiseman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 100

8. Why political parties should make unbelievable promises: A theoretical note

   • Bruce T. Coram

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 105

9. Call for papers

   Announcement Pages: 106 - 106

10. The possibility of a desirable minimal state

    • E. C. Pasour Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 110

11. Book reviews

    BookReview Pages: 111 - 120