Empirical studies have shown that preferences for redistribution are significantly correlated with expectations of … significantly and positively affects preferences for redistribution. On the other hand, living in an area where most citizens do not … stigmatize rent seeking, makes men more favourable to redistribution, which may be seen as a social equalizer in an unfair …

Empirical studies have shown that preferences for redistribution are sig- nificantly correlated with expectations of … significantly and positively affects preferences for redistribution. On the other hand, living in an area where most citizens do not … stigmatize rent seeking, makes men more favourable to redistribution, which may be seen as a social equalizer in an unfair …

This paper develops a joint theory of ideology and redistributive policy to account for the striking divergence found … expectations of high mobility are sustained (the ?American Dream?) and dampen the demand for redistribution. In so doing, it draws …

We compare Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) and Plurality Voting (PV) in elections with 3 candidates. Voters receive … their preferences sincerely. We provide conditions under which RCV will ensure both the existence of a sincere voting …

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 …

This paper develops the symmetric power order, a measure of voting power for multicandidate elections. The measure … generalizes standard pivotality-based voting power measures for binary elections, such as Banzhaf power. At the same time, the … symmetric power order to show that pivotality only measures voting power in monotonic elections, and is not a good measure in …

This paper examines the relationship between voting weights and expected equilibrium payoffs in legislative bargaining …

This paper discusses the pros and cons of voting in political elections, and analyzes the argument that people who vote …

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 …