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On a three-alternative Condorcet jury theorem
Goertz, Johanna M. M.; Maniquet, François - 2011
two alternatives (e.g., Myerson (1998)). We show that there always exists an efficient equilibrium under the simple … alternatives and the condition under which they exist. There is only one type of inefficient equilibrium with two alternatives. In … this equilibrium, voters vote unresponsively because they all vote for the same alternative. Under the same condition, the …
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A model of rush-hour traffic in an isotropic downtown area
Arnott, Richard; Kokoza, Anatolii; Naji, Mehdi - 2015
For a quarter century, a top priority in transportation economic theory has been to develop models of rush-hour traffic dynamics that incorporate traffic jams (hypercongestion). The difficulty has been that "proper" models result in mathematical intractabilty, while none of the proposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305426
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Voting in the European Union : Central Europe's lost voice
Schneider, Ondřej (contributor) - 2008
Ten Central European countries became members of the European Union in the years 2004 - 2007. They constitute 20% of the EU's total population; and even though their economic output is much lower, it rises dynamically. New members' impact on the EU policies has nevertheless been limited. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790698
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Moderating political extremism : single round vs runoff elections under plurality rule
Bordignon, Massimo; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2009
equilibrium policy is smaller, because their bargaining power is reduced compared to a single ballot election. The predictions on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824705
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A politico-economic analysis of minimum wages and wage subsidies
Adam, Antonis (contributor); Moutos, Thomas (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377309
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Democratic provision of divisible public goods
Gersbach, Hans - 2010
In this paper we examine the potential of democratic constitutions for the provision of divisible public goods in a large economy. Our main insights are as follows: When aggregate shocks are absent, the combination of the following rules yields first-best allocations: a supermajority rule, equal...
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Voting, lobbying, and the decentralization theorem
Lockwood, Ben (contributor) - 2007
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Uncovered power : external agenda setting, sophisticated voting, and transnational lobbying
Console Battilana, Silvia (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003623836
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On the size of the winning set in the presence of interest groups
Sadiraj, Vjollca (contributor); Tuinstra, Jan (contributor);  … - 2006
Interest groups are introduced in a spatial model of electoral competition between two political parties. We show that the presence of these interest groups increases the winning set, which is the set of policy platforms for the challenger that will defeat the incumbent. Therefore interest...
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Symmetric and asymmetric committees
Ben-Yashar, Ruth; Danziger, Leif - 2011
This paper studies the assignment of decision makers to two committees that make decisions by a simple majority rule. There is an even number of decision makers at each of various skill levels and each committee has an odd number of members. Surprisingly, even with the symmetric assumptions in...
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