State, Institutions and Democracy: Contributions of Political Economy

PART I: BARGAINING, LOBBYNG AND STATE CAPTURE.- Bargaining with Outside Options.- Lobbying mechanisms.- Financial Sector Regulation and the Revolving Door in US Commercial Banks.- PART II: DEMOCRACY, PARTICIPATION AND ELECTORAL POLITICS.- The Rhetoric and the Reality of Austerity - Electoral Politics in Britain 2010 to 2015.- Valence and Ideological Proximity in the Rise of Nationalist Parties: Spanish General Elections, 2008 and 2011.- Measuring Direct Democracy.- Political Participation in Rural India: A Village Level Study.- Elections with international relations dominance.- Electoral rules and proportionality in Spain: Estimating the impact of some Swedish rules through the 2011 electoral data.- PART III: STATE AND PUBLIC SERVICES.- Is there a Doctor in the House?.- What makes people nursing home residents - individual need or municipalities' supply?.- Civil Service and the Crisis: A comparative analysis of Iberian Countries (2008-2013).- PART IV: CASES OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE.- Congressional negotiations with costly voting: Understanding the reforms to PEMEX in 2006-2008.- Institutional change, specific investments and photovoltaic power plants: The empirical effects of the energy policy of solar farms in Spain.- The economic effects of the implementation of the Greek Adjustment Plan in the Great Recession.- E-procurement and innovation in the Portuguese municipalities: when change is mandatory.