This paper assesses the indices against a set of reasonable criteria in terms of shareholder voting power and the … control of the corporation in a large cross section of British companies. Each company is a separate voting body and there is … much variation in the distribution of voting shares among them. Moreover reasonable criteria exist against which to judge …

Voting Power Indices enable the analysis of the distribution of power in a legislature or voting body in which …

We analyze Assessment Voting, a new two-round voting procedure that can be applied to binary decisions in democratic … a costly voting framework, we show that large electorates will choose the preferred alternative of the majority with … high probability, and that average costs will be low. This result is in contrast with the literature on one-round voting …

significantly affects voting behavior. An increase in the concentration of PM10 by 10μg/m3 – around two within-county standard …

Does voting have downstream consequences for turnout and political preferences? While research initially showed strong … support for the notion that the experience of voting fosters civic habits and political engagement, recent work has cast doubt … voting eligibility on subsequent turnout and political preferences using rich panel data from the UK. Exploiting the …

Does voting have downstream consequences for turnout and political preferences? While research initially showed strong … support for the notion that the experience of voting fosters civic habits and political engagement, recent work has cast doubt … voting eligibility on subsequent turnout and political preferences using rich panel data from the UK. Exploiting the …