Modern Political Economy: Old Topics, New Directions Book

	List of contributors
	Series editors' preface
	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	The economics and politics of regulation: perspectives, agenda, and approaches	10
2	Regulatory commitment and utilities' privatization: implications for future comparative research	63
3	The political economy of transformation: liberalization and property rights	80
4	Politics and trade policy	108
5	Elections, party structure, and the economy	145
6	The politics and economics of budget deficit control: policy questions and research questions	171
7	Law, legislation, and positive political theory	191
8	The rational choice theory of social institutions: cooperation, coordination, and communication	216
	Index	269