I analyse a yardstick competition game using a spatial voting model, where voters vote for a candidate according to the …

In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I …

help make such rules effective include the presence of informal sanctions by peers, and implementation through voting. I … after both implemented and randomly overridden voting. I find that informal sanctions strengthen the effect of formal ones …

weights as an imaginary voter submitting preferences over alternatives in the form of an ordered list. With this voting …

Backward induction is a cornerstone of modern game theory. Yet, laboratory experiments consistently show that subjects …. This paper develops a simple model of sequential voting in the U.S. Senate that allows for a straightforward test of the …

made it very difficult to document strategic behavior empirically. Exploiting the incentive structure of Germany's voting … system to solve the fundamental identification problem, this paper estimates the extent of strategic voting in large, real … contention for victory. As predicted by theory, tactical behavior has a non-trivial impact on individual races. Yet, as one …

political (voting) process they effectively exert pressures to raise welfare levels per recipient on the other hand. …