Political Economy and Game Theory

A special issue of Games (ISSN 2073-4336).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 July 2015)

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Department of Economics, School of Economics, Finance and Management University of Bristol, 8 Woodland Rd., Bristol, BS8 1TN, United Kingdom
Interests: political economy; non-cooperative game theory; collective choice; voting and elections

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Economics Department, University of Houston, 204 McElhinney Hall, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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Dear Colleagues,

Game theory unites theoretical thinking in economics and political science. Research using the language of games has achieved considerable progress in our understanding of political phenomena, the implication of politics for economic outcomes, and the inner workings of government. These insights are in turn critical to understand the impact of institutional reform.

For this special issue, we are soliciting contributions on the full spectrum of game theory applications to political economy and political science. We are particularly interested in papers that open up “black boxes” by thinking carefully about generally ignored aspects of political actors and their actions. For example: How do political parties work? What happens inside the bureaucracy? What happens during a political campaign?

Dr. Jon X. Eguia
Dr. Gergely Ujhelyi
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Keywords

  • institutions
  • legislative bargaining
  • political agency
  • policy-making
  • collective choice
  • constitutional design
  • taxation and redistribution
  • public good provision
  • government debt
  • bureaucracies
  • voting and elections
  • lobbying
  • corruption
  • political parties
  • political campaigns
  • international agreements
  • development
  • power and conflict

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A Model of Protocoalition Bargaining with Breakdown Probability
by Maria Montero
Games 2015, 6(2), 39-56; https://doi.org/10.3390/g6020039 - 22 Apr 2015
Cited by 3 | Viewed by 6053
Abstract
This paper analyses a model of legislative bargaining in which parties form tentative coalitions (protocoalitions) before deciding on the allocation of a resource. Protocoalitions may fail to reach an agreement, in which case they may be dissolved (breakdown) and a new protocoalition may [...] Read more.
This paper analyses a model of legislative bargaining in which parties form tentative coalitions (protocoalitions) before deciding on the allocation of a resource. Protocoalitions may fail to reach an agreement, in which case they may be dissolved (breakdown) and a new protocoalition may form. We show that agreement is immediate in equilibrium, and the proposer advantage disappears as the breakdown probability goes to zero. We then turn to the special case of apex games and explore the consequences of varying the probabilities that govern the selection of formateurs and proposers. Letting the breakdown probability go to zero, most of the probabilities considered lead to the same ex post pay-off division. Ex ante expected pay-offs may follow a counterintuitive pattern: as the bargaining power of weak players within a protocoalition increases, the weak players may expect a lower pay-off ex ante. Full article
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