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a simplified two-period setting. We find that, in elections involving three or more candidates, voters with a strong … an election due to mis-coordination. Furthermore, a (relatively) strong intensity of preferences for the preferred …
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that are in opposition to their policy preferences. This results in the election of representatives who do not correspond … exactly to the voters' own views. An alternative voting procedure to avoid this type of election failure is proposed in … Wahl-O-Mat, which asks the user a number of questions on topical policy issues; the computer program, drawing on all the …
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The role of electoral incentives vs. selection is ideally analyzed in a setting where the same legislators are selected to decide on policies under different electoral rules and where voter preferences on policies can be precisely measured. This is the first paper to look at such a situation....
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ballots have been taken from the StuPa-OMat - the KIT adaptation of the Wahl-O-Mat to the StuPa elections. However, the … questions proposed by the election committee can be favorable for one party and unfavorable for another, making elections …The German two-vote election system implements two historical conceptions of political representation coined at the end …
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