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 …

intermediate levels of patience, this comparison may be reversed. Holding the fraction of votes required to stop fixed, expected …

We study voting over higher education finance in an economy with risk averse households who are heterogeneous in income …

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

Consider a voting procedure where countries, states, or districts comprising a union each elect representatives who … characterization of the efficient voting rule in terms of the weights assigned to different districts and the voting threshold (how … correlation structure of agents preferences, we analyze how voting weights relate to the population size of a country. We then …

We analyze the voting behavior of a board of directors that has to approve (or reject) an investment proposal with … obstacle to profit maximization provided that an appropriate sequential voting protocol is followed. We also show that a proper …

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

We study voting over education subsidies where poor individuals may be excluded and the rich may chose private …

We examine whether it is socially beneficial for the individual voting records of central bank council members to be … efficient central bankers in their bid to get re-elected. After re-election, however, losses will be lower when voting records … and can make central bankers individually accountable. Nevertheless, the negative effects of voting transparency …