Kimiko TERAI (Hosei University)
Electoral Control over
Policy-motivated Candidates and Their Policy Biases
Discussant: Masaru KONO
Marty MCGUIRE (UCI) and Toshihiro IHORI (University of Tokyo)
Collective Risk Control and Group
Security
Discussant: Igor KOPYLOV
Jan BRUECKNER (UCI) Fiscal
Federalism and Economic Growth
Discussant: Toshihiro IHORI
Seiji FUJII (UCI) The Timing of
Government Spending in Japan and in the US
Discussant: Masaru KONO
Dan BOGART (UCI) The Role of
Political Institutions in Economic Growth: Evidence from Turnpike
Acts in Eighteenth-century England
Discussant: Hiroki KONDO
Matthew BECKMANN (UCI) The
Legislative Politics Of Protectionism: A Theory Of Lobbyists’
Strategy For Influencing U.S. Trade Policy
Discussant: Takashi FUKUSHIMA
Ikuo KUME (Waseda University)
Interest Group Politics in Transition:
The Case of Japan
Discussant: Kimiko TERAI