' of a voting rule, that is, any agreement can be enforced if a 'winning coalition' supports it, what general agreements … are likely to arise? In other words: What influence can the voting rule used to settle (possibly non-unanimous) agreements … problem in which an arbitrary voting rule replaces unanimity to settle agreements by n players. This provides a setting in …

voting. Under the monotonicity condition implying that the preferred tax rate is decreasing in income, the literature … predicts that the median voter is decisive and poor agents form a coalition against rich agents. I show that this does not …

voting rules. We provide arguments in support of this view and emphasize the conceptual and analytical differences between … this notion and that of decisiveness. The conclusions are illustrated in the case study provided by three different voting …