We use a change in the voting procedures of one of the two chambers of the Swiss parliament to explore how transparency … affects the voting behavior of its members. Until 2013, the Council of States (Ständerat) had voted by a show of hands. While …-consuming screening of online videos. In 2014, halfway through the legislative period, the chamber switched to electronic voting. Since …

benefit a lot from having a ticket, suggesting instrumental voting. In each referendum, a majority votes in line with self …-interest, providing strong evidence for pocketbook voting. However, social preferences like altruism, public good considerations and …

This paper studies the assignment of decision makers to two committees that make decisions by a simple majority rule …. Surprisingly, even with the symmetric assumptions in the spirit of Condorcet, a symmetric composition of committees is not always … committees. However, in the special case of only two skill levels, it is optimal to compose the committees evenly …

This paper analyzes how to allocate experts into committees that use the unanimity rule to make decisions. We show that … inversely with the size of his committee. In the special case of three-member committees, we show that the optimal allocation …

. Even though individual preferences are neither single-peaked nor single-crossing, we obtain a unique majority voting …

We analyze the voting behavior of a board of directors that has to approve (or reject) an investment proposal with … obstacle to profit maximization provided that an appropriate sequential voting protocol is followed. We also show that a proper …