vote independently of each other. Thus, we receive as an empirical result what the previous voting power literature assumed. …

system does not stop women from voting, but politicians do not campaign directly for the female vote. A campaign run by a …

This thesis deals with the measurement of voting power in different decision environments. After a short introduction … Economic Community (EEC) with a more comprehensive picture of Luxembourg's role in EEC's voting system. It turns out that the … assessment of Luxembourg's voting power is sensitive to the role played by the European Commission in the decision …

This paper investigates how upward mobility affects legislator voting behavior towards education policies. We develop … upward mobility. Using a newly compiled dataset of roll call voting on California education legislation matched with … electoral district-level upward mobility we find that the likelihood of a legislator voting "no" on redistributive education …