approach that allows disentangling the impact of two dimensions of such fragmentation: the number of parties and the size … inequalities between those parties. This is important as it allows us to assess the size, significance and direction of the … municipal elections shows that a higher number of parties competing in the election lowers turnout. The size …

for SD, but mainly when priorities are merit-based. Stated voting motives indicate that choosing SD is driven by concerns …

described for the case where the two parties can simultaneously reveal information publicly to uninformed voters. Inverse … campaigning dissipates the parties' rents and causes some inefficiency in expectation. Inverse campaigning also influences policy …

each district. We analyze the Markov perfect equilibrium under different voting q-rules where q is the number of yes votes … experiment with fiveperson committees that compares three alternative voting rules: unanimity (q=5); majority (q=3); and …