A remark on votersÕ rationality in Besley and coate model of representative democracy

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A remark on votersÕ rationality in Besley and coate model of representative democracy

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DE SINOPOLI, Francesco
TURRINI, Alessandro

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Voting games are characterized by the emergence of dominated strategies, that would be iteratively deleted by rational players. In this note we show, via an example, how applying iterated dominance restricts the set of equilibrium outcomes in Besley and Coate (1997) citizencandidate model of representative democracy.

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Paper provided by Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) in its series CORE Discussion Papers with number 1999027.

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C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
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DE SINOPOLI, Francesco, 1998. "Strategic stability and non cooperative voting games: the plurality rule," CORE Discussion Papers 1998043, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE). [Downloadable!]
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- Martin J. Osborne & Al Slivinksi, 1995. "A Model of Political Competition with Citizen-Candidates," Department of Economics Working Papers 1995-01, McMaster University. [Downloadable!]

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Vincent Anesi, 2009. "Noncooperative Foundations of Stable Sets in Voting Games," RCER Working Papers 551, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER). [Downloadable!]
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DE SINOPOLI, Francesco, 1999. "A note on forward induction in a model of representative democracy," CORE Discussion Papers 1999060, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE). [Downloadable!]
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- Francesco De Sinopoli, 2003. "A Note on Forward Induction in a Model of Representative Democracy," CEIS Research Paper 21, Tor Vergata University, CEIS. [Downloadable!]
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- Dhillon, Amrita & Lockwood, Ben, 2004. "When are plurality rule voting games dominance-solvable?," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 55-75, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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