Intertemporal commitment problems and voting on redistributive taxation. Strategic vote delay in the U.S. House of Representatives. Strategic lobbying by potential industry entrants. Regulation by prices and by command. A signaling explanation for private charity.
More monitoring can induce less effort.
Inducing investments and regulating externalities by command vs. taxes. On the uses of club theory. Wages and employment in public sector unions. Optimal allocation of quotas. The electoral politics of extreme policies.