voting body may affect the balance of power between the original members even if their number of votes and the decision rule … majority voting rules, and we measure the voting power of a player by his average payoff in the experiment. By comparing voting … power across voting bodies of varying size, we find empirical support for the paradox of new members. Our results also allow …

of support E gives to H. Third, I address the implications for the definition of special majority voting, a procedure … special majority voting in terms of a required proportion of the jury is epistemically questionable, and that the classical …

insurance (UI) scheme and the voting behaviour on unemployment policy reforms. In a first step, the optimal defined benefit and … following a policy change are analysed. Accounting for this transition has an important influence on the voting outcome. …

I analyze simultaneous voting on the wage tax rate and investment in public education using a model with three … benefits. I derive the results both for a once-and-for-all voting system with commitment and for repeated voting. My model …

We develop a definition of equilibrium for agenda formation in general voting settings. The definition is independent … of any protocol. We show that the set of equilibrium outcomes for any Pareto efficient voting rule is uniquely determined …, and in fact coincides with that of the outcomes generated by considering all full agendas. Under voting by successive …

This paper analyzes the impact of a redrawing of political boundaries on voting patterns. It investigates whether … traditional voting patterns, we argue that there were differences in political preferences between Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh …-in-differences estimation strategy, we show that these predictions are validated empirically - there is a significant divergence in voting …