We present a model where a society elects a parliament by voting for candidates belonging to two parties. The electoral rule determines the seats distribution between the two parties. We analyze two electoral rules, multidistrict majority and single-district proportional. In this framework, the policy outcome is simply a function of the number of seats parties take in the election. We prove that in both systems there is a unique pure strategy perfect equilibrium outcome. Finally, we compare the outcomes in the two system
We study a game theoretic model of a parliamentary democracy under proportional representation where...
The question how different electoral systems affect the represention of voters in parliaments has be...
This paper considers basic constitutional questions about how to elect a legislature. Electoral syst...
We present a model where a society elects a parliament by voting for candidates belonging to two pa...
We present a model where a society elects candidates belonging to two parties to a national parliam...
In this paper we develop a basic model of endogenous choice of electoral rules in a multiparty syste...
Models of single district plurality elections show that with three parties anything can happen - ext...
In this paper we show that in a simple spatial model where the government is chosen under strict pro...
Conventional models of single district plurality elections show that with three parties anything can...
This paper considers a model of elections in which parties compete simultaneously for multiple distr...
Conventional models of single district plurality elections show that with three par-ties anything ca...
Preliminary. Please do not cite. This paper provides a theory of a parliamentary government system w...
I consider the decision of a parliament that might change the electoral system for the forthcoming e...
In the majority of democratic political systems, districts elect representatives, who form coalition...
We develop a model of endogenous choice of electoral rules in a multiparty system with two dominant ...
We study a game theoretic model of a parliamentary democracy under proportional representation where...
The question how different electoral systems affect the represention of voters in parliaments has be...
This paper considers basic constitutional questions about how to elect a legislature. Electoral syst...
We present a model where a society elects a parliament by voting for candidates belonging to two pa...
We present a model where a society elects candidates belonging to two parties to a national parliam...
In this paper we develop a basic model of endogenous choice of electoral rules in a multiparty syste...
Models of single district plurality elections show that with three parties anything can happen - ext...
In this paper we show that in a simple spatial model where the government is chosen under strict pro...
Conventional models of single district plurality elections show that with three parties anything can...
This paper considers a model of elections in which parties compete simultaneously for multiple distr...
Conventional models of single district plurality elections show that with three par-ties anything ca...
Preliminary. Please do not cite. This paper provides a theory of a parliamentary government system w...
I consider the decision of a parliament that might change the electoral system for the forthcoming e...
In the majority of democratic political systems, districts elect representatives, who form coalition...
We develop a model of endogenous choice of electoral rules in a multiparty system with two dominant ...
We study a game theoretic model of a parliamentary democracy under proportional representation where...
The question how different electoral systems affect the represention of voters in parliaments has be...
This paper considers basic constitutional questions about how to elect a legislature. Electoral syst...