Bruce Yandle's "bootleggers & Baptists" model of political coalition formation is one of the most useful models in the political economy of regulation (and one that both Mike and I employ frequently, as seen by our many posts using the model).
Bruce Yandle on Bootleggers & Baptists
Bruce Yandle's "bootleggers & Baptists" model of political coalition formation is one of the most useful models in the political economy of regulation (and one that both Mike and I employ frequently, as seen by our many posts using the model).