Using the spatial theory of voting, this paper describes an institutional structure where there are two branches of the … government: the executive, elected by plurality rule, and the legislative elected by proportional rule. The resulting policy …

In this paper we show that in a simple spacital model where the government is chosen under strict proportional rule, if … a two-party voting equilibrium basically exists. The two parties taking a positive number of votes are the two wxtremist … government as well as a modified version of Besley and Coate's model of representative democraty. …

(Regional and Upper-local), as well as data of municipal voting behaviour at three electoral contests held at the different … layers of government during this period. Therefore, we are able to estimate two different vote equations, analysing the …

(Regional and Upper-local), as well as data of municipal voting behaviour at three electoral contests held at the different … layers of government during this period. Therefore, we are able to estimate two different vote equations, analysing the …

politicians who vote against the party line in roll-call votes. The results do not show that parties account for the voting …

representations in union of states, is discussed. This concept, introduced into discussion about voting rights in the Council of … European Union in 2004, was narrowed to proposal of distribution of voting weights among the member states proportionally to … square roots of population. Such a distribution should guarantee the same indirect voting power to each EU citizen, measured …

This note studies the choice of tax structure in a majority voting model with tax competition. Regions may tax mobile …