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Parliamentary voting rules and strategic candidacy

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  • Boniface Mbih

    (CREM, Université de Caen)

  • Issofa Moyouwou

    (ENS Yaoundé)

  • Abdoul Aziz Ndiaye

    (CREM, Université de Caen)

Abstract

In this paper we study the vulnerability of parliamentary voting procedures to strategic candidacy. Candidates involved in an election are susceptible to influence the outcome by opting out or opting in. In the context of three-alternative elections and under the impartial anonymous culture assumption, we evaluate the frequencies of such strategic candidacy opportunities.

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  • Boniface Mbih & Issofa Moyouwou & Abdoul Aziz Ndiaye, 2009. "Parliamentary voting rules and strategic candidacy," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 29(2), pages 1371-1379.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-09-00312
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    Keywords

    strategic candidacy; parliamentary voting procedures; opting out; opting in; impartial anonymous culture.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
    • D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making

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