Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/117968 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 98.2004
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
We study a game theoretic model of a parliamentary democracy under proportional representation where `citizen candidates' form parties, voting occurs and governments are formed. We study the coalition governments that emerge as functions of the parties' seat shares, the size of the rents from holding office and their ideologies. We show that governments may be minimal winning, minority or surplus. Moreover, coalitions may be `disconnected'. We then look at how the coalition formation game affects the incentives for party formation. Our model explains the diverse electoral outcomes seen under proportional representation and integrates models of political entry with models of coalitional bargaining.
Subjects: 
Proportional representation
Party formation
Coalitions
JEL: 
C72
D72
H19
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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