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In the Shadow of War: Social, Distributive and Civil Conflicts in Belarus, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Ukraine
Cerami, Alfio - 2023
This article examines the relationship between presence of vertical and horizontal inequalities and the emergence of social, distributive and civil conflicts in Belarus, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Ukraine. Are ethnic, religious or linguistic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015269808
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In Search of Optimum "Relative Unanimity"
Cebula, Richard; Kafoglis, Milton - 1982
This paper formulates a simple mathematical framework for the selection of an optimum "relative unanimity” collective … unanimity. Then, the costs of moving from simple majority rule towards unanimity are identified. Finally, the issue of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015239455
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On the Legitimacy of Voting Methods
Hausladen, Carina Ines; Hänggli, Regula; Helbing, Dirk; … - 2023
democracy. This study investigates the impact of voting rules on the perception of legitimacy in a democratic government.Using a … human subject experiment, 120 participants cast their votes using four voting methods: Majority voting, Combined Approval … Voting, Score Voting, and modified Borda Count. The experiment was conducted in two contexts: a non-consequential setting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014260310
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Rent-Seeking for Public Goods : Group’s Size and Wealth Heterogeneity
Nupia, Oskar - 2011
In this paper, we study how between-group wealth and size heterogeneity affect success probabilities as well as aggregate rent-seeking efforts when two groups compete for the allocation of a pure public good. Unlike with previous models, we measure the utility cost of rent-seeking in terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121117
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Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana - 2013
In 2001, the state parliament of the German federal state of Hesse abolished a 5 percent legal electoral threshold for local elections. This reform had a stronger effect on municipalities with larger councils because implicit electoral thresholds decrease with council size. Exploiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327571
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The Buchanan-Tullock Model: Some Extensions
Kafoglis, Milton; Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1980
In their seminal work, The Calculus of Consent (1962), Buchanan and Tullock develop a decision model which embodies fundamental relation­ships relevant to institutional choices. However, the Buchanan-Tullock model remains "general," thus inviting others to specify details and to develop...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257880
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Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Fonseca, Mariana Lopes da - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2013
In 2001, the state parliament of the German federal state of Hesse abolished a 5 percent legal electoral threshold for local elections. This reform had a stronger effect on municipalities with larger councils because implicit electoral thresholds decrease with council size. Exploiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010954309
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Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana - 2013
In 2001, the state parliament of the German federal state of Hesse abolished a 5 percent legal electoral threshold for local elections. This reform had a stronger effect on municipalities with larger councils because implicit electoral thresholds decrease with council size. Exploiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010213030
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Democracy Undone. Systematic Minority Advantage in Competitive Vote Markets
Casella, Alessandra; Turban, Sébastien - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We study the competitive equilibrium of a market for votes where voters can trade votes for a numeraire before making a decision via majority rule. The choice is binary and the number of supporters of either alternative is known. We identify a sufficient condition guaranteeing the existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084259
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Democracy undone. Systematic minority advantage in competitive vote markets
Casella, Alessandra; Turban, Sébastien - In: Games and Economic Behavior 88 (2014) C, pp. 47-70
We study the competitive equilibrium of a market for votes where the choice is binary and it is known that a majority of the voters supports one of the two alternatives. Voters can trade votes for a numeraire before making a decision via majority rule. We identify a sufficient condition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011117141