This paper analyzes a two-alternative voting model with the distinctive feature that voters have preferences over the … and without abstention. Finally, strategic voting (voting for the least preferred alternative) is common for a fraction of …

proposers screen the proposed candidates by voting for v of them and then choose those k with the highest support. We then speak …

We offer complete characterizations of the equilibrium outcomes of two prominent agenda voting institutions that are … equivalently the Euro-Latin procedure. Our axiomatic approach provides a proper understanding of these voting institutions, and … allows comparisons between them, and with other voting procedures. …

When the members of a voting body exhibit single peaked preferences, majority winners exist. Moreover, the median(s) of … condition, and there are many examples in the literature of environments where voting equilibria exist even if single peakedness …

I combine a field experiment with a change in voting laws reducing the fine for abstention to assess the effects of … monetary incentives to encourage voter participation. Using individual-level experimental variation in the perceived reduction … decrease in the cost of abstention decreases the probability of voting by 2.2 percentage points, implying an elasticity of …

sequential voting procedures, the amendment and the successive procedure. Tournaments and super-majority voting with arbitrary … quota q are special cases of the general sequential voting games we consider. We show that when using the same quota, both …