Despite common perception, existing theoretical literature lacks a complete formal argument
regarding the relationship between the electoral rule disproportionality and platform …

How does electoral rule disproportionality affect the structure of the party system (ie the
number and the policy platforms of the competing parties)? By studying a model where both …

We introduce primaries—both closed and open—into a Downsian model of two-party
electoral competition allowing the two candidates in each party's primary to differ in valence …

We study parties' optimal ideological cohesion across electoral rules, when the following
trade-off is present: A more heterogenous set of candidates is electorally appealing (catch …

This paper studies decentralized vote trading in a power sharing system that follows the
rules of strategic market games. In particular, we study a two-party election in which prior to …

When committees make decisions, voting rules are coupled with one of three disclosure
rules: open voting, in which each committee member's individual vote is revealed; …

Vote trading in power-sharing systems—ie, systems in which a voter's utility with respect to
the election's outcome is proportional to the vote share of her favourite party—is, in theory …

We use the citizen-candidate model to study electoral outcomes under the alternative-vote
rule, a voting method often proposed as a replacement to the prevalent plurality rule. We …

We study both theoretically and experimentally the set of Nash equilibria of a classical one-
dimensional election game with two candidates. These candidates are interested in power …

The effect of electoral rules on voter turnout has been extensively studied. 1 Most empirical
studies tend to report a regularity that can be summarized as follows: more proportional …