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expert decide” in committee voting is influenced by the probability of corrupt experts, and that influence can have, to a …
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economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is almost …
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treatment) is a salient fairness principle in taxation that shapes voting on commodity taxes above and beyond concerns for …
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interest in those parameters, voting patterns suggest significant influence of cooperative orientation, political attitudes …
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, because voting may facilitate coordination due to signaling and commitment effects. We find that voting does have signaling …
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Two parties have different goals. Voters, but not parties, are uncertain about the functioning of the economy, in this case the costs of producing a public good. The parties each propose a policy, an election is held and the policy of the winning party is implemented. Voters and parties care...
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of tax shifting in the market. We show that tax salience biases consumers’ voting on tax regimes, and that experience is …
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A democratic society is considered where the voters, but not the politicians, are uncertain about how the economy works. The parties therefore have a strategic motive to misinform the voters. Will the voters learn how the economy works and will the policy decisions be efficient? It turns out...
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decisions and to result in “excessive” redistribution. Yet, voters eventually learn to overcome fiscal illusion. …
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majority voting on redistribution? Fairness preferences are relevant for redistribution outcomes only if fair-minded voters are … pivotal. Pivotality, in turn, depends on the structure of income classes. We experimentally study voting on redistribution … to matter if the “rich” are in majority. With a “poor” majority, we find that redistribution outcomes look as if all …
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