Decision-Making in Committees: Game-Theoretic Analysis: 635 (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 635) - Softcover

Maaser, Nicola Friederike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3642041523 ISBN 13: 9783642041525

Publisher: Springer, 2010

Synopsis

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.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642041523
• ISBN 13: 9783642041525
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148