This paper analyzes voting on a linear income tax which is redistributed lump sum to the taxpayers. Individuals can …

committees benefits from voting insincerely accrue not only when a decision maker's vote is pivotal. As the number of voters … increases, the cost of voting insincerely declines in an open committee because the probability of being pivotal declines. This … is not the case in a closed committee where costs and benefits of insincere voting only arise when a voter is pivotal. …

We analyze the ECB Governing Council’s voting procedures. The literature has by now discussed numerous aspects of the … rotation model but does not account for many institutional aspects of the voting procedure of the GC. Using the randomization … separately. -- Euro area ; European Central Bank ; monetary policy ; rotation ; voting rights …

We analyze the ECB Governing Council's voting procedures. The literature has by now discussed numerous aspects of the … rotation model but does not account for many institutional aspects of the voting procedure of the GC. Using the randomization … separately. -- Euro area ; European Central Bank ; monetary policy ; rotation ; voting rights …

economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is almost … foregone. -- public goods ; competition ; tournament ; cooperation ; voting …

We consider a committee voting setup with two rounds of voting where committee members who possess private information … information in the first voting period. Coughlan (2000) shows that members reveal their information in a straw poll only if their …