Buch, Englisch, 472 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 729 g
Buch, Englisch, 472 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 729 g
Reihe: Michigan Studies in Political Analysis
ISBN: 978-0-472-09894-1
Verlag: University of Michigan Press
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Acknowledgments vii; Preface ix; 1 Preliminaries 1; 1.1 Review 1; 1.2 Decision theory 8; 1.3 Discussion 17; 1.4 Exercises 17; 1.5 Further reading 18; 2 Strategy-Proof Collective Choice 19; 2.1 Strategy-proofness on finite sets 20; 2.2 Application: The amendment rule 29; 2.3 Strategy-proofness and Arrovian aggregation 30; 2.4 Single-peaked preferences 33; 2.5 Application: The amendment rule revisited 51; 2.6 Strategy-proofness in the spatial model 52; 2.7 Application: The issue-by-issue rule 60; 2.8 Separable preferences 62; 2.9 Discussion 65; 2.10 Exercises 66; 2.11 Further reading 67; 3 Implementable Collective Choice 69; 3.1 Mechanisms and equilibria 70; 3.2 The Revelation Principle 74; 3.3 Nash implementation 77; 3.4 Application: Monotonicity of electoral rules 90; 3.5 Quasi-linear preferences 94; 3.6 Application: Collective action 104; 3.7 Discussion 105; 3.8 Exercises 109; 3.9 Further reading 110; 4 Binary Agendas 113; 4.1 Binary agendas and sophisticated voting 114; 4.2 Equilibrium outcomes of binary agendas 128; 4.3 Application: Agenda independence 138; 4.4 Discussion 141; 4.5 Exercises 144; 4.6 Further reading 146; 5 Spatial Voting in Committees 147; 5.1 Issue-by-issue voting in the spatial model 148; 5.2 Application: Committees and cabinets 158; 5.3 Endogenous agendas 166; 5.4 Application: Sophisticated sincerity 184; 5.5 Discussion 186; 5.6 Exercises 188; 5.7 Further reading 190; 6 Legislative Bargaining 193; 6.1 A basic framework 194; 6.2 Bargaining over distributions 204; 6.3 Application: Pork barrel politics 221; 6.4 Bargaining over policy 224; 6.5 Application: Coalition government formation 244; 6.6 Discussion 248; 6.7 Exercises 250; 6.8 Further reading 251; 7 Two-Candidate Elections 253; 7.1 Electoral equilibrium and the core 254; 7.2 Application: Ideological convergence 259; 7.3 Equilibrium in multidimensional spaces 262; 7.4 Application: Progressive taxation 280; 7.5 Probabilistic voting 282; 7.6 Application: Director's Law 289; 7.7 Policy-motivated candidates 293; 7.8 Application: Ideological divergence 301; 7.9 Turnout 304; 7.10 Discussion 322; 7.11 Exercises 328; 7.12 Further reading 330; 8 Multicandidate Elections 333; 8.1 Sincere voting in multicandidate elections 335; 8.2 Application: Comparing electoral rules 342; 8.3 Strategic voting 344; 8.4 Application: Duverger's Law 352; 8.5 Candidate entry 353; 8.6 Application: Duverger and divergence 380; 8.7 Discussion 382; 8.8 Exercises 388; 8.9 Further reading 389; 9 Legislative Elections 391; 9.1 Elections, government and policy 392; 9.2 Application: Representative legislatures 413; 9.3 Discussion 415; 9.4 Exercises 416; 9.5 Further reading 417; 10 Summary and Conclusions 419; 10.1 Retrospective 421; 10.2 A conclusion 427; Bibliography 429; Index 445
