Gersbach, Hans - In: Social Choice and Welfare 23 (2004) 3, pp. 449-464
desirable. We compare two possible constitutions. In a “fixed democracy”, each individual has one vote and the same opportunity … to propose public projects. In a “flexible democracy”, those that set the agenda can additionally propose to limit future … participation in voting and agenda-setting. We show that a fixed democracy restricts majorities from taxing minorities to a greater …