. In this paper we examine how in a two-party system polarization and political instability affectlearning through …. Furthermore, in contrast to the existing literature, wedemonstrate that, when elections are exogenous, polarization between …

the representative voter’s point of view. We show that when parties are office motivated the voting rule should encourage … parties to collect information. Voting rules that focus on the opposition party sometimes dominate voting rules that focus on …

qualityhas been acquired or not, we compare the performance of a delegation structure with that oftwo voting procedures …. Delegation makes one's acceptance decision pivotal by definition.The decisiveness of one's vote in a voting procedure depends on …

particular they predict (i) a Polarization Effect: reduced strategic party choice when voting is voluntary makes voters more … choice, and how these relate to party polarization. Quantal response equilibria predict such interaction effects. In … likely to vote for extreme parties (conditional on voting at all); (ii) an Extremist Effect: voters supporting extreme …