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Electing a Parliament

Francesco De Sinopoli, Leo Ferraris () and Giovanna Iannantuoni ()

No 150, Working Papers from University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics

Abstract: We present a model where a society elects a parliament by voting for candidates belonging to two parties. The electoral rule determines the seats distribution between the two parties. We analyze two electoral rules, multidistrict majority and single-district proportional. In this framework, the policy outcome is simply a function of the number of seats parties take in the election. We prove that in both systems there is a unique pure strategy perfect equilibrium outcome. Finally, we compare the outcomes in the two systems.

Keywords: Majority election; Proportional election; Perfect equilibria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 D72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2008-12, Revised 2008-12
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