Demand bargaining and proportional payoffs in legislatures

  1. Montero López-Lena, María
  2. Vidal Puga, Juan José
Revista:
Working paper series ( RGEA )

Año de publicación: 2007

Número: 6

Tipo: Documento de Trabajo

Resumen

We study a legislative bargaining model in which the parties make payoff demands in decreasing order of voting weight. The unique subgame perfect equilibrium outcome is such that the minimal winning coalition of the parties that move first forms with payoffs proportional to the voting weights.