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Costly Voting: Theoretical and Experimental Results on Commons Dilemmas in Spatial Committee Games
Wilson, Rick K.; Herzberg, Roberta; Elliott, Mark - 1993
"Our focus in this paper is with the transaction costs inherent in most decision making settings. We specifically investigate an "institution free" collective choice mechanism that includes costs to calling votes. A set of models show that under low costs (i.e., where no cost-induced equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468404
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Economic internationalisation and the distribution of income : a comparison of the cases of Germany and the U.S.
Wacker, Ulrich - 2002
ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general equilibrium frameworks stems from the insight that economicinternationalisation in … market issues established by human capital theory with the general equilibrium-leddebate on trade and the functional … ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general equilibrium frameworks stems from the insight that economicinternationalisation in …
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Essays in the theory of voting power
Steffen, Frank - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449712
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On Committee Decision Making: A Game Theoretical Approach
Shenoy, Prakash P. - 1980
In this paper, we study committee decision making process using game theory. By a committee, we mean any group of … people who have to pick one option from a given set of alternatives. A well defined voting rule is specified by which the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430933
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Essays on the Theory of Productive Government Activity and Economic Growth
Kühnel, Johanna - 2010
endogenously via a democratic voting process. The focus is on two public spending categories: productive government expenditure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476199
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A political economy perspective on persistent inequality, inflation, and redistribution
Lahiri, Radhika; Ratnasiri, Shyama - 2010
In this paper we examine the dynamics of the link between inequality and inflation from a political economy perspective. We consider a simple dynamic general equilibrium model in which agents vote over the desired inflation rate in each period, and inequality is persistent. Inflation in our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483530
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Endogenous Property Rights Regimes, Common Property Resources and Trade Policies
Galinato, Gregmar Ignacio - 2006
the use of their resource stock via a voting mechanism. Then, the impact of opening to trade is linked to the choice of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450725
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Women’s representation in politics : voter bias, party bias, and electoral systems
González Eiras, Martín; Sanz, Carlos
Estudiamos cómo afecta el sistema electoral a la presencia de mujeres en política usando un modelo en el que tanto los votantes como los partidos pueden tener un sesgo de género. Aplicamos el modelo a las elecciones municipales españolas, en las que, según la ley, los municipios utilizan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012532196
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Development and Testing of an Intervention to Improve Group Decision-Making Effectiveness in a Hidden Profile Scenario
Donovan, Angela S. - 2010
Research has repeatedly shown that when groups whose members have varying expertise are combined to make a decision, they tend to discuss common information at a higher rate than unique information, hindering their ability to make the best decision. In response to these findings and the fact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009474987