Electoral Systems and the Balance of Consumer-Producer Power

by Mark Andreas Kayser, Ronald Rogowski, Eric C.C. Chang, et al.

Book Overview

This book investigates the effects of electoral systems on the relative legislative and, hence, regulatory influence of competing interests in society. Building on Ronald Rogowski and Mark Andreas Kayser's extension of the classic Stigler-Peltzman model of regulation, the authors demonstrate that majoritarian electoral arrangements should empower consumers relative to producers. Employing real price levels as a proxy for consumer power, the book rigorously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521138159
• ISBN13: 9780521138154
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"