Voting Power Indices enable the analysis of the distribution of power in a legislature or voting body which uses … weighted voting. Although the approach, based on co-operative game theory, has been known for a long time it has not been very …

We develop a definition of equilibrium for agenda formation in general voting settings. The definition is independent … of any protocol. We show that the set of equilibrium outcomes for any Pareto efficient voting rule is uniquely determined …. We also show that for such voting rules, if preferences are strict then the set of equilibrium outcomes coincides with …

interest in those parameters, voting patterns suggest significant influence of cooperative orientation, political attitudes …

experiment with fiveperson committees that compares three alternative voting rules: unanimity (q=5); majority (q=3); and … each district. We analyze the Markov perfect equilibrium under different voting q-rules where q is the number of yes votes …

members can improve the voting outcome by simplifying the strategies of unbiased members. Thus, heterogeneous committees … perform at least as well as homogeneous committees. In particular, when value-maximizers outnumber biased members by one vote …

committees are more likely to default than large committees. Thus, constituencies can decide about degrees of commitment by …

popular two social objective criteria used when evaluating voting mechanisms. For one particular probabilistic model …