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Decision-Making in Committees

Game-Theoretic Analysis

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems (LNE, volume 635)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 169-225
  2. Games and Political Decisions

    • Nicola F. Maaser
    Pages 1-40
  3. Committees as Representative Institutions

    • Nicola F. Maaser
    Pages 41-67
  4. Robust Equal Representation

    • Nicola F. Maaser
    Pages 69-93
  5. Committees and Lobby Coalition Formation

    • Nicola F. Maaser
    Pages 95-117
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 169-225

About this book

Political and economic institutions are typically governed by committees that face the challenge to reconcile the preferences of their members. How should decision rules be designed to generate fair and sustainable agreements, for example if committee members represent groups of different sizes? This book uses game-theoretic concepts and models to address the issue of political decision-making processes. In addition to providing a survey on basic game-theoretic tools in the analysis of political decisions, the author looks at specific issues such as two-tiered voting systems or the influence of lobbyists on legislative committees, and shows how the models can be applied to real-world contexts such as the EU decision-making institutions.

Authors and Affiliations

  • LS für Volkswirtschaftslehre IV -, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

    Nicola Friederike Maaser

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