We exploit a quasi-natural experiment that emerged during the Czech presidential run-off election to identify the …

around 1.3 percentage points. We conjecture that politicians are election-motivated - even when submitting roll-call votes on …We examine whether conservative politicians are less likely to support same-sex marriage when they run for office in … of the majority for the incumbent in the previous election was a strong predictor for supporting same-sex marriage. When …

Who will vote quadratically in large-N elections under quadratic voting (QV)? First, who will vote? Although the core …, voting behavior and outcomes would be determined predominately by social and psychological forces, would thereby exhibit few … that require a different research agenda to bring into focus. Some of our analysis also has implications for voting …

We use a change in the voting procedures of one of the two chambers of the Swiss parliament to explore how transparency … affects the voting behavior of its members. Until 2013, the Council of States (Ständerat) had voted by a show of hands. While …-consuming screening of online videos. In 2014, halfway through the legislative period, the chamber switched to electronic voting. Since …

values. The SSPI can serve as a control for power imbedded in voting blocs, permitting fuller analysis of other factors that …

ballot? Results of two studies suggest it can. A field study using Arizona's 2000 general election found that voters were … unobservable characteristics of those individuals living near schools. A voting experiment extended these findings to other …

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 …

We use a change in the voting procedures of one of the two chambers of the Swiss parliament to explore how transparency … affects the voting behavior of its members. Until 2013, the Council of States (Ständerat) had voted by a show of hands. While …-consuming screening of online videos. In 2014, halfway through the legislative period, the chamber switched to electronic voting. Since …