Front matter, table of contents, preface: Alberto Alesina, Geoffrey Carliner (p. -11 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

Introduction: Alberto Alesina, Geoffrey Carliner (p. 1 - 16) (bibliographic info) (download)

1. Elections and the Economy in the 1980s: Short- and Long-Term Effects: Morris P. Fiorina (p. 17 - 40) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Leaning into the Wind or Ducking out of the Storm: U.S. Monetary Policy in the 1980s: James E. Alt (p. 41 - 82) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Party Governance and U.S. Budget Deficits: Divided Government and Fiscal Stalemate: Mathew D. McCubbins (p. 83 - 122) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. Changes in Welfare Policy in the 1980s: John A. Ferejohn (p. 123 - 142) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. The Politics of Tax Reform in the 1980s: Charles H. Stewart III (p. 143 - 174) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Political Foundations of the Thrift Debacle: Thomas Romer, Barry R. Weingast (p. 175 - 214) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. The Spatial Mapping of Minimum Wage Legislation: Keith T. Poole, Howard Rosenthal (p. 215 - 250) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. U.S Trade Policy-making in the Eighties: I. M. Destler (p. 251 - 284) (bibliographic info) (download)

Contributors, Indices: Alberto Alesina, Geoffrey Carliner (p. 285 - 298) (bibliographic info) (download)