Legislative Process With Open Rules

CER-ETH Working Paper No. 07/64

35 Pages Posted: 9 Apr 2007

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Theresa Fahrenberger

Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics

Hans Gersbach

ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: February 2007

Abstract

We examine the legislative game with open rules proposed by Baron and Ferejohn (1989). We first show that the three-group equilibrium suggested by Baron and Ferejohn does not always obtain. Second, we characterize the set of stationary equilibria for simple and super majority rules. Such equilibria are either of the three-group or four-group type. The latter type tends to occur when the size of the legislature becomes larger. Moreover, four-group equilibria imply large delay costs.

Keywords: Baron/Ferejohn model, bargaining in legislatures, open rules, three-group

JEL Classification: D7

Suggested Citation

Fahrenberger, Theresa and Gersbach, Hans, Legislative Process With Open Rules (February 2007). CER-ETH Working Paper No. 07/64, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=977897 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.977897

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