security and in repressing organized crime. Moreover, socio-economic well-being is the main driver of voting behavior. In … understanding of the observed varieties of non-mainstream parties and voting or abstention behavior …

We conduct an experiment to investigate (i) whether rotation in voting increases a committee's efficiency, and (ii) the … important consequences: it 'pays' to be allowed to vote, as voting committee members earn significantly more than non-voting …

We introduce a democratic procedure with voting-based proposals called ”Pendular Voting”. It works as follows: An … manipulability and exploitation of this voting procedure and its welfare effects. We show that manipulation is limited or absent and … that exploitation can be avoided. Regardless of whether the agenda-setter is altruistic or selfish, Pendular Voting leads …

groups are involved in vote buying. Testing the theoretical predictions based on two decades of roll-call voting in the U …

Homophily in Voting Behavior: Evidence from Preferential Voting Abstract: Homophily is a strong determinant of many … preferential voting from Czech parliamentary elections in 2006, 2010, 2013, and 2017 matched with 2011 Census data to identify the … effect of homophily on voting behavior. We find that a one percent increase in the share of the municipality’s population …