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The third vote experiment : VAA-based election to enhance policy representation of the KIT student parliament

Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2016

and bottlenecks of the method that should be taken into account when preparing elections. …

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Combining the third vote with traditional elections

Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2019

democracy. The Third Vote has been approbated and improved during the 2016, 2017 and 2018 elections to the Student Parliament … economic implications of elections, or of single decisions like Bexit or involvement in a new war) is supposed to make vote … ballots have been taken from the StuPa-OMat - the KIT adaptation of the Wahl-O-Mat to the StuPa elections. However, the …

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Who runs? : honesty and self-selection into politics

Fehrler, Sebastian; Fischbacher, Urs; Schneider, Maik T. - 2016

We examine the incentives to self-select into politics and how they depend on the transparency of the entry process. To this end, we set up a two-stage political competition model and test its key mechanisms in the lab. At the entry stage, potential candidates compete in a contest to become...

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Two kinds of voting procedures manipulability : strategic voting and strategic nomination

Turnovec, František - 2015

In this paper the concepts of manipulation as strategic voting (misrepresentation of true preferences) and strategic nomination (by adding, or removing alternatives) are investigated. The connection between Arrow’s and Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorems is discussed from the viewpoint of dilemma...

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Focused power : experiments, the Shapley-Shubik power index, and focal points

Geller, Chris R.; Mustard, Jamie; Shahwan, Ranya - 2013

Experiments evaluate the fit of human behaviour to the Shapley-Shubik power index (SSPI), a formula of voter power. Groups of six subjects with differing votes divide a fixed purse by majority rule in online chat rooms. Earnings proxy for measured power. Chat rooms and processes for selecting...

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Policy representation by the 2017 Bundestag

Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2017

The paper estimates the policy representation of 34 German parties that have participated in the 2017 Bundestag (federal) election. For this purpose, the party positions on 31 topical issues are compared with the results of recent public opinion polls. Then we construct the party indices of...

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Political competition with endogenous party formation and citizen activists

Hansen, Emanuel - 2021

This paper studies the effects of endogenous party formation on political platforms. It develops a model in which parties allow like-minded citizens to, first, share the cost of running in a public election and, second, coordinate on a policy platform. The paper characterizes the set of...

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The politics of bargaining as a group

Anesi, Vincent; Buisseret, Peter - 2023

We develop a dynamic model in which a group collectively bargains with an external party. At each date the group makes an offer to the external party (the 'agent') in exchange for a concession. Group members hold heterogeneous preferences over agreements and are uncertain about the agent's...

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Enlargements and the principles of designing EU decision-making procedures

Widgrén, Mika - 2003

This paper examines how neutral the current EU decision-making procedures are to membership and how well they obey certain transparent general constitutional principles. The paper evaluates the performance of the procedures by strategic and classical power indices. The main emphasis in the...

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Enlargements and the principles of designing EU : decision-making procedures

Widgrén, Mika - 2003

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