Veto institutions are often dominated by government opponents with rival electoral and policy interests (e.g. \divided … government"). I investigate the tradeoff between policy control and policy blockade when both the government and the veto party … may cater to opposing special interests. The value of an opposition veto depends on whether electoral accountability can …

mechanism design literature that assumes that each agent has a veto power. We exhibit allocations that are note ratifiable and … nevertheless can be implemented through a mechanism that gives veto power to the agents. …

bargaining games. The experiment results reveal that the existence of a strong player with veto power could delay the games …. Considering the similarity between the games with the veto player and multilateral trade negotiations such as the Doha Development …

with no line-item veto increases communication and can benefit both the legislature and, in many cases, the executive as …

negotiations. It shows the following findings : there are significant delays in games including veto players in some circumstances …, but no delays in games including multiple-vote players. In addition, non-veto players as weak players, which are … disadvantaged in taking share, make collusive attempts against veto players, but not effectively. As policy implications, this paper …