for their comments on earlier drafts and thoughts. (2008)
Eric Ball, Jenna Bednar, Aaron Bramson, Anna Grzymala, Michael Mauboussin, John Miller, ...
2005), tells the dramatic decline of past civilizations—the Easter Islanders, the
Responses to Rubin and Feeley (2008)
Beer, Samuel H., Bednar, Jenna, Smith, Troy, Strachan, J. Cherie
This article examines an important aspect of federalism: the effect of a secession threat on the union's productivity. Productivity requires a compliance maintenance regime with credible punishment....
Federalism as a Public Good (2005)
This paper suggests that stabilizing federalism is like solving a public good provision problem. It reviews results in the public good provision literature that are relevant for federalism, and...
Abstract: The hallmarks of cultural behavior include consistency within and across individuals, variance between populations, behavioral stickiness, and suboptimal performance. In this paper, we...
A constitution may prescribe a division of power between states and the federal government, but written rules do not eliminate the essential problem of federalism: how to prevent rivalry from...
CAN GAME(S) THEORY EXPLAIN CULTURE? 1 (2000)
Culture is described as behavioral consistency and blamed for suboptimal strategy choice. That is, it is often fingered as the excuse for otherwise unexplainable “irrational ” behavior. Here, we...
updated 20dec04 The hallmarks of “cultural behavior ” are consistency within and across individuals, variance between populations, behavioral stickiness, and suboptimal performance. In this...
The federal problem :--the political economy of federal stability /--Jenna Bednar. (1998)
"UMI no. 9901458"--T.p. verso.
The federal problem: the political economy of federal stability / (1998)
Submitted to the Department of Political Science.
This paper suggests that stabilizing federalism is like solving a public good provision problem. It reviews results in the public good provision literature that are relevant for federalism, and...
This article examines an important aspect of federalism: the effect of a secession threat on the union's productivity. Productivity requires a compliance maintenance regime with credible punishment....