political phenomena that ensued is presented. In the case of sophisticated voting over certain kinds of binary agendas, such as … sometimes yield “sophisticated sincerity”, where equilibrium voting behavior is indistinguishable from sincere voting. Under … behave leads to probabilistic voting models that typically yield utilitarian outcomes. Uncertainty among the voters over …

characteristics to others. The model is one of rational voting and generates the following predictions: (i) The paradox of not voting … does not arise, because the benefit of voting does not vanish with population size. (ii) Turnout in elections is positively … related to the size of the local community and the importance of social interactions. (iii) Voting may exhibit bandwagon …

contribution rule under democracy is driven by self-selection of treatments, information transmitted via the outcome of the … referendum, and democracy per se. In case treatments are endogenously chosen via a democratic decision-making process, the … voting. …

involving a sample group. These mechanisms reflect the principles of liberal democracy, are procedurally efficient, and involve … private information truthfully before voting takes place. Depending on the distance between two feasible public good levels …, the optimal mechanism involves either one or two voting rounds. We show that procedural efficiency cannot be achieved by …

of the world. This is shown to change the equilibria of cheap talk games significantly. Experts' strategies get …

collective decisions problems that can be described in terms of symmetric games satisfying various regularity conditions. We show …

Within-group communication in competitive coordination games has been shown to increase competition between groups and …