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In this paper we address several issues related to collective dichotomous decision-making by means of quaternary voting … rules, i.e., when voters may choose between four actions: voting yes, voting no, abstaining and not turning up-which are … aggregated by a voting rule into a dichotomous decision: acceptance or rejection of a proposal. In particular we study the links …
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Pork-barrel spending is the use of federal money for localized projects that yield only a narrow geographic benefit. It is a commonly held belief that politicians use this spending to improve their chances of re-election. One way that an incumbent can increase their chances of re-election is...
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captured lawmakers' voting behaviour. Drawing on a logistic regression model, this study estimates to what extent 106th -109th …
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more often than simple majority. In a series of laboratory experiments, we investigate how various rules affect the outcome …
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Who will vote quadratically in large-N elections under quadratic voting (QV)? First, who will vote? Although the core …, voting behavior and outcomes would be determined predominately by social and psychological forces, would thereby exhibit few … that require a different research agenda to bring into focus. Some of our analysis also has implications for voting …
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