Conflict Measures in Cooperative Exchange Models of Collective Decision-making

Marcel van Assen, Frans Stokman and Reinier van Oosten
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Marcel van Assen: Department of Methodology and Statistics (MTO), Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands m.a.l.m.vanassen@uvt.nl
Frans Stokman: ICS, University of Groningen, Grote Rozenstraat 31, 9712 TG Groningen, The Netherlands f.n.stokman@ppsw.rug.nl
Reinier van Oosten: Decide bv, Grote Rozenstraat 31, 9712 TG Groningen, The Netherlands r.c.h.van.oosten@decide.nl

Rationality and Society, 2003, vol. 15, issue 1, 85-112

Abstract: This study focuses on externalities of exchanges of voting positions in collective decision-making. Exchanges are represented by non-constant two-person cooperative games. It is assumed that the rate of exchange is specified by the Raiffa-Kalai-Smorodinsky solution, and a model is specified to identify the exchanges. Externality effects of these exchanges are assessed with two conflict measures we develop here. The measures assess within-group and between-group conflict, respectively, and are applied to collective decision-making in the European Union regarding support for fishery infrastructure. The application shows that the measures provide indispensable insights into the decision-making setting and that these can be used for strategic intervention in the setting. It also shows that both actors' power and the outcomes in exchange with externalities are very different from those in exchange without externalities as studied by theories of network exchange.

Keywords: cooperative game theory; European Union; externalities; models of collective decision-making; network exchange theory; social exchange (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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