In this issue:

1. A Political Economy Model of Merger Policy in International Markets by Massimo Motta and Michele Ruta
2. The Political Economics Side of the J-Curve by Antonio Caleiro
3. Democracy, Autocracy and the Likelihood of International Conflict by Thomas Tangeras
4. Political Polarization and the Size of Government by Erik Lindqvist and Robert Ostling
5. Direct Democracy and Local Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia by Benjamin A. Olken
6. Ambiguity and Extremism in Elections by Alberto F. Alesina and Richard T. Holden
7. An International Perspective on Political Scandals by Stan Weeber
8. Democratization and Growth by Elias Papaioannou and Gregorios Siourounis

In this issue:

1. Defying the 'Juncker Curse’: Can Reformist Governments Be Re-elected? by Pietro Biroli, Marco Buti, Alessandro Antonio Turrini and Paul Van Den Noord
2. Protecting Minorities in Binary Elections. A Test of Storable Votes Using Field Data by Alessandra Casella, Shuky Ehrenberg, Andrew Gelman and Jie Shen

In this issue:

1. Condorcet Methods - When, Why and How? by Eivind Stensholt
2. On the Benefits of Costly Voting by Vijay Krishna and John Morgan
3. Are Voters Sensitive to Terrorism?: Direct Evidence from the Israeli Electorate by Claude Berrebi and Esteban F. Klor

In this issue:

1. Democracy in America: Labor Mobility, Ideology, and Constitutional Reform by Congleton R.D.
2. Why Are Market Economies Politically Stable? A Theory of Capitalist Cohesion by Dalgaard C. and O. Olsson
3. Pork Barrel Politics in Postwar Italy, 1953–1994. by Golden M. and L. Picci
4. Economics and Ideology: Causal Evidence of the Impact of Economic Conditions on Support for Redistribution and Other Ballot Proposals by Eric Brunner, Stephen L. Ross and Ebonya Washington
5. Bringing Home the Bacon: An empirical analysis of the extent and effects of pork-barreling in Australian politics by Andrew Leigh

In this issue:

1. Budgetary Separation of Powers in the American States and the Tax Level: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis by Lucas Ferrero and Leandro M. de Magalhaes
2. A Swing-State Theory of Trade Protection in the Electoral College by Mirabelle Muuls and Dimitra Petropoulou
3. The Political Economy of Corruption & the Role of Financial Institutions by Kira Boerner and Christa Hainz
4. Protecting Minorities in Binary Elections: A Test of Storable Votes Using Field Data by Alessandra Casella, Shuky Ehrenberg and Andrew Gelman