Abstract and Keywords
It is a fact that political delegation and hierarchical political structures are present in almost all countries, democratic and dictatorial alike. In this chapter we explore whether various strands of rational choice theory can justify and explain these two aspects of leadership.
Keywords: rational choice, public choice, delegation, expressive voting, median voter, principal agent, hierarchy
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