An arbiter can decide a case on the basis of his priors or he can ask for further evidence from the two parties to the … conflict. The parties may misrepresent evidence in their favour at a cost. The arbiter is concerned about accuracy and low … procedural costs. When both parties testify, each of them distorts the evidence less than when they testify alone. When the fixed …

An arbiter can decide a case on the basis of his priors or he can ask for further evidence from the two parties to the … conflict. The parties may misrepresent evidence in their favour at a cost. The arbiter is concerned about accuracy and low … procedural costs. When both parties testify, each of them distorts the evidence less than when they testify alone. When the fixed …

An arbiter can decide a case on the basis of his priors, or the two parties to the conflict may present further … evidence. The parties may misrepresent evidence in their favor at a cost. At equilibrium the two parties never testify together … party testifies. We compare this outcome under a purely adversarial procedure with the outcome under a purely inquisitorial …

We analyse how the governance structure of political parties influences electoral competition. Parties choose their … rents from office. More extreme parties tend to prefer less democratic governance structures. Instead, democratic structures …

centralization: 1) weakness/strength of the party system (measured by fractionalization of parliament and age of main parties); and 2 … (1964). Strong parties in developing and transition countries significantly improve the results of fiscal decentralization …

economy whose government uses optimal taxation to provide a public good, defense. The East is a centrally planned economy …. Utility depends on consumption, leisure and defense; defense is a characteristic which is an increasing function of the …