economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is almost …

This paper analyzes voting on a linear income tax which is redistributed lump sum to the taxpayers. Individuals can …

, by coordinating voting behavior,these interest groups increase the winning set, which is defined as the set of policy …

, by coordinating voting behavior, these interest groups increase the winning set, which is defined as the set of policy …

voting outcome in period t becomes the status quo in period t+1. We study symmetric Markov equilibria of the resulting game … and conduct an experiment to test hypotheses generated by the theory for pure distributional (divide … alternative, and the discount factor (committee impatience). We report several new findings. Voting behavior is selfish and myopic …

members can improve the voting outcome by simplifying the strategies of unbiased members. Thus, heterogeneous committees …