A review of previous research indicates that people's valuations of government supplied services are not closely related to their costs, raising the question of how much people know about the costs of such goods. Respondents rated the value of government and market supplied goods and services...

In random voting, the committee chair, whose vote decides in the case of a draw, is more often decisive than ordinary voters. Therefore, in the power indices literature, the committee chair is said to be more powerful. Players with a veto right are even more powerful still. Similarly, the...