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 …