Demand bargaining and proportional payoffs in legislatures

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

Année de publication: 2007

Número: 6

Type: Working Paper

Résumé

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.