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Interest in politics and the political process—topics that economists consider to be the purview of the sub-field of study known as public choice—appears to be as high as ever. This Special Issue aims to provide a collection of high-quality studies covering many of the varied topics traditionally investigated in the growing field of public choice economics. These include expressive and instrumental voting, checks and balances in the enforcement of rules, electoral disproportionality, foreign aid and political freedom, voting cycles, (in)stability of political ideology, federal spending on environmental goods, pork-barrel and general appropriations spending, politics and taxpayer funding for professional sports arenas, and political scandal and “friends-and-neighbors” voting in general elections. In bringing these topics together in one place, this Special Issue offers a mix of conceptual/formal and empirical studies in public choice economics.

rational ignorance --- rector --- n/a --- disproportionality indexes --- electoral quota --- incumbency advantage --- expressive voting --- electoral systems --- reputation capital --- democratic oversight --- roll-call voting --- rational voter apathy --- political economy --- pork-barrel spending --- mining --- elections --- public policy --- checks and balances --- public interest --- majority decision --- United States Congress --- Policy formulation --- confirmation bias --- Germany --- voter turnout --- localism in elections --- Donald Trump --- political scandal --- Altruism --- measurement --- Ghent University --- proportionality --- Sweden --- voting behavior --- friends-and-neighbors voting --- campaign finance --- political elite --- election --- National Football League --- majority judgment --- political ideology --- instrumental voting --- public choice --- Spain --- Leading by example --- Hierarchical games --- constitutional constraints --- seniority