information and may have common or private objectives, which creates a tension between information aggregation and minority … protection. We analyze a simple voting system - majority rule with veto power (Veto) - that essentially resolves this tension … on the evolution of voting rules in the EU institutions and could help to inform debates about policy reforms in cases …

hold them accountable through retrospective voting. Political institutions determine the rules for legislative bargaining …, the features of electoral cycles. The paper discusses both theory and evidence concludes with some speculations about …