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Pivotal Politicians

Description

In this video, Professor Vanden Bergh will build from the basic Positive Political Theory model developed in the first video. He will show you how changing Institutional rules affects the so called Pivotal Politician. In this video the term Politician is used as a general term referring to lawmakers such as regulators, justices and/or elected officials.

References

Krehbiel, Keith (1998). Pivotal Politicians. A Theory of US Law Making. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press

Black, Duncan (1948). "On the Rationale of Group Decision-making". Journal of Political Economy. 56: 23–34

Rick Vanden Bergh, Professor of Strategy, Grossman School of Business, University of Vermont

Rick Vanden Bergh came to Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley with a Ph.D. in Business and Public Policy. Dr. Vanden Bergh's areas of research include: firm strategy (read more ...)