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United We Vote

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This paper studies the advantages that a coalition of agents obtain by forming a voting bloc to pool their votes and cast them all together. We identify the necessary and sufficient conditions for an agent to benefit from the formation of the voting bloc, both if the agent is a member of the bloc and if the agent is not part of the bloc. We also determine whether individual agents prefer to participate in or step out of the bloc, and we find the different optimal internal voting rules that aggregate preferences within the coalition.

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  • Jon X. Eguia, 2007. "United We Vote," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 9(4), pages 607-639, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jpbect:v:9:y:2007:i:4:p:607-639
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2007.00322.x
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