By design, bicameral legislatures often produce tensions between lower chambers, with their direct, localized ties that often link members and constituents, and upper chambers, whose representative capacity is affected by varying sizes of constituencies and electoral mechanisms. With powerful...

The generality principle, advocated by Buchanan and Congleton (1998), requires that political decisions treat all citizens equally qua citizens. The effects of implementing such a constitutional rule on lobbying, public expenditures, economic efficiency, and disposable incomes are explored. The...

This paper deals with the design of voting rules in the EU Council. Both internal and external impact of the voting rules are examined. Internal impact affects the distribution of power among the member states and external impact affects power relations between the main decision-making bodies in...