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Benoit, J-P.; Dubra, J. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 2003

Policemen are known to support colleagues who are the subject of criminal investigations. While we might expect guilty officers to defend each other, why do law-abiding policemen defend those who have broken the law? We investigate under what conditions it is in the interest of a group to defend...

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Voting on Referenda: The Separability Problem and Possible Solutions

Brams, Steven J.; Kilgour, D. Marc; Zwicker, William - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1997

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The Paradox of Multiple Elections

Brams, Steven J.; Kilgour, D. Marc; Zwicker, William S. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1996

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Endogenous Lobbying

Felli, L.; Merlo, A. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 2000

In this paper we endogenize the number and characteristics of lobbies in a citizen-candidate model of representative democracy where citizens can lobby an elected policy-maker. We find that lobbying always matters. That is, lobbying always affects equilibrium policy outcomes. Moreover, only one...

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CONSTRAINED APPROVAL VOTING: A VOTING SYSTEM TO ELECT A GOVERNING BOARD

Brams, Steven J. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1990

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CONSTRAINED APPROVAL VOTING: A CUSTOM-DESIGNED ELECTION SYSTEM

Brams, Steven J. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1989

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Going from Theory to Practice: The Mixed Success of Approval Voting

Brams, S.J.; Fishburn, P.C. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 2003

multicandidate elections. In 1987 and 1988, four scientific and engineering societies, collectively comprising several hundred … the rhetoric of its proponents-AV has been a controversial reform. AV is not currently used in any public elections … elections, and by some societies, seems to be a lack of key "insider" support. …

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COALITION VOTING

Brams, Steven J.; Fishburn, Peter C. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1989

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Voter Sovereignty and Election Outcomes

Brams, S.J.; Sanver, R.M. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 2003

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On Candidate-Based Analyses of Assembly Elections.

Benoit, J.P.; Kornhauser, L.A. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1996

Analyses of assembly elections often assume that voters have well-defined preferences over candidates, even though …

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