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Voting in the Bicameral Congress: Large Majorities as a Signal of Quality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We estimate a model of voting in Congress that allows for dispersed information about the quality of proposals in an equilibrium context. The results highlight the effects of bicameralism on policy outcomes.
Iaryczower, Matias   +2 more
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Constitutional Rules [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper proposes a normative theory of constitutional rules. We characterize the set of optimal constitutional rules under different assumptions about the degree of contractual imperfections.
Francesco Giovannoni, Toke S. Aidt
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Endogenous majority rules with changing preferences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This paper provides a new explanation why several US states have implemented supermajority requirements for tax increases. We model a dynamic and stochastic OLG economy where individual preferences depend on age and change over time in a systematic way ...
Polborn, Mattias K.
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Cheating on Their Taxes: When Are Tax Limitations Effective at Limiting State Taxes, Expenditures, and Budgets? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1968
At a Seminar arranged by the Ecological Research Committee on October 30 , 1967, Dr. Svante Odén discussed the acidity and sulphur conditions over Europe and the consequensos to soils, surfaco waters and biological systems.
McCubbins, Colin H.   +1 more
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Reply to Kukucka: Calculating error rates in forensic handwriting examiner decisions. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Hicklin RA   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The role of oversight committees in closed rule legislation. [PDF]

open access: yes
We formulate a game-theoretical model of closed rule legislation in the presence of informational asymmetries. In the model an agenda setter with private information proposes a policy to a legislature.
Crombez, Christophe, Van Gestel, Wim
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Tax Contracts and Elections [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we examine the impact of tax contracts as a novel institution on elections, policies, and welfare. We consider a political game in which three parties compete to form the government. Parties have policy preferences about the level of public-
Hans Gersbach, Maik T. Schneider
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