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Demand Competition and Policy Compromise in Legislative Bargaining

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Massimo Morelli
Massimo Morelli*
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Iowa State University and University of Minnesota
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Abstract

I propose a new majoritarian bargaining model in which more than one implicit proposal can be on the table at the same time. Institutional differences from system to system affect the order of play, the equilibrium majorities, and the policy outcome. The ex post distribution of payoffs within a winning coalition is, however, invariant to fundamental institutional differences, and it is always proportional to the distribution of relative ex ante bargaining power. The bargaining process is modeled as a sequential demand game, in which players are called to propose a policy and to specify their desired share of the private benefits related to being in office. The order of play is endogenous, and the distribution of payoffs within an equilibrium majority usually does not depend on who is the proposal maker. The role of the head of state and the advantages to center parties are also studied.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 93 , Issue 4 , December 1999 , pp. 809 - 820
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1999

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