conflicting interests. We show that the set of preferences that allow for the existence of an informative voting equilibrium can … voting threshold value. What's worse, the presence of the public information introduces an inefficient equilibrium which … robustly exists across different voting rules. To mitigate the harmful effect of the public information, we propose to use a …

benefit a lot from having a ticket, suggesting instrumental voting. In each referendum, a majority votes in line with self …-interest, providing strong evidence for pocketbook voting. However, social preferences like altruism, public good considerations and …

This paper empirically studies the voting outcomes of Egypt's first parliamentary elections after the Arab Spring. In … light of the strong Islamist success in the polls, we explore the main determinants of Islamist vs. secular voting. We … identify three dimensions that affect voting outcomes at the constituency level: the socio-economic profile, the economic …

the "standard theory" that players have preferences only over their own mentary payoffs and that play will be in … with a simple game, this theory cannot be rejected at the 5% level of significance for another treatment with a more …

We examine the relationship between voting weights and expected equilibrium payoffs in legislative bargaining and …

private information truthfully before voting takes place. Depending on the distance between two feasible public good levels …, the optimal mechanism involves either one or two voting rounds. We show that procedural efficiency cannot be achieved by … communication among all citizens prior to voting. Finally, we outline several applications of the mechanism. …

qualityhas been acquired or not, we compare the performance of a delegation structure with that oftwo voting procedures …. Delegation makes one's acceptance decision pivotal by definition.The decisiveness of one's vote in a voting procedure depends on …