majorities can extract resources from minorities, stability requires a supermajority rule, whose threshold is increasing in the …

This paper provides a new explanation why several US states have implemented supermajority requirements for tax … systematic way. In this setting, we show that the first population of voters will choose a supermajority rule in order to …

A conclave is a voting mechanism in which a committee selects an alternative by voting until a sufficient supermajority …

A committee is choosing between two alternatives. If the required supermajority is not reached, voting is repeated …. If a supermajority is required instead, the power to select the outcome moves from the median voter to the more extreme … have very many almost indifferent voters and some very opinionated ones, the more stringent a supermajority is required for …

a simple institutional interpretation as a supermajority rule, requiring that incumbents exceed some fraction of votes …

quo can also be mitigated by concentrating decision rights, for instance, by lowering the supermajority requirement. …