Social Choice and Strategic Decisions

Essays in Honor of Jeffrey S. Banks
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-3-540-22053-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1430 g

Reihe: Studies in Choice and Welfare

A collection of essays that ties together the fields spanned by Jeffrey S. Banks’ research on social choice and strategic decisions. It examines the strategic aspects of political decision-making, including the choices of voters in committees, the positioning of candidates in electoral campaigns, and the behavior of parties in legislatures. The essays employ a spectrum of research methods, from game-theoretic analysis to empirical investigation and experimental testing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Austen-Smith, David

Duggan, John

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Ökonometrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

and Overview.- Probabilistic Voting in the Spatial Model of Elections: The Theory of Office-motivated Candidates.- Local Political Equilibria.- Electoral Competition Between Two Candidates of Different Quality: The Effects of Candidate Ideology and Private Information.- Party Objectives in the “Divide a Dollar” Electoral Competition.- Generalized Bandit Problems.- The Banks Set and the Uncovered Set in Budget Allocation Problems.- Experiments in Majoritarian Bargaining.- Legislative Coalitions in a Bargaining Model with Externalities.- Testing Theories of Lawmaking.- Deliberation and Voting Rules.