political power. The ruling coalition consists of a subset of the individuals in the society and decides the distribution of …-transferable utility cooperative game. In all cases, the nature of the ruling coalition is determined by the power constraint, which …We study the formation of a ruling coalition in political environments. Each individual is endowed with a level of …

This paper presents new evidence on the power sharing layout of national political elites in a panel of African … countries, most of them autocracies. We present a model of coalition formation across ethnic groups and structurally estimate it … monolithically controlling power, we show that African ruling coalitions are large and that political power is allocated …

decision-making and the distribution of political power across players are determined by current decisions. For example … determine conditions for their uniqueness. We show how this framework can be applied in political economy, coalition formation …

time across issues in their floor speeches. Consistent with the theory, we find evidence of political posturing due to …

votes. 'This vote,' we hear, ' will either win by a little or lose by a lot.' Real-world examples suggest coalition leaders …

We provide a potential explanation for the absence of, and unwillingness to create, centralized power in the hands of a …

public schooling. We develop a theory which integrates private education and fertility decisions with voting on public … political power can lead to multiple equilibria in the determination of public education spending. The main predictions of the … theory are consistent with state-level and micro data from the United States as well as cross-country evidence from the PISA …

unanticipated) changes in the distribution of political power and in economic structure. We focus on the Markov Voting Equilibria …, which require that economic and political changes should take place if there exists a subset of players with the power to … institutions as well as individual types can be ordered, and preferences and the distribution of political power satisfy natural …