Browsing ECO Working Papers by Author "MORELLI, Massimo"

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    Title: Internal Hierarchy and Stable Coalition Structures  Author(s): MORELLI, Massimo; PARK, In-Uck Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: When an agent decides whether to join a coalition or not, she must consider both i) the expected strength of the coalition and ii) her position in the vertical structure within the coalition. We establish that there exists ...
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    Title: Mediation and Peace  Author(s): HOERNER, Johannes; MORELLI, Massimo; SQUINTANI, Francesco Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper applies mechanism design to conflict resolution. We determine when and how unmediated communication and mediation reduce the ex ante probability of conflict in a game with asymmetric information. Mediation ...
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    Title: Pork Versus Public Goods: An Experimental Study of Public Good Provision Within a Legislative Bargaining Framework  Author(s): FRÉCHETTE, Guillaume R.; KAGEL, John H.; MORELLI, Massimo Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We experimentally investigate a legislative bargaining model with both public and particularistic goods. Consistent with the qualitative implications of the model: There is near exclusive public good provision in the pure ...
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    Title: Turnout and Power Sharing  Author(s): HERRERA, Helios; MORELLI, Massimo Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Differences in electoral rules and/or legislative, executive or legal institutions across countries induce different mappings from election outcomes to distributions of power. We explore how these different mappings affect ...
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    Title: Competitive Nonlinear Taxation and Constitutional Choice  Author(s): MORELLI, Massimo; YANG, Huanxing; YE, Lixin Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: In an economy where agents are characterized by different productivities (vertical types) and different abilities to move (horizontal types), we compare a unified nonlinear optimal taxation schedule with the equilibrium ...
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    Title: Mediation and Peace  Author(s): HORNER, Johannes; MORELLI, Massimo; SQUINTANI, Francesco Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper brings mechanism design to the study of conflict resolution in international relations. We determine when and how unmediated communication and mediation reduce the ex ante probability of conflict, in a simple ...
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    Title: Approval Quorums Dominate Participation Quorums  Author(s): MANIQUET, François; MORELLI, Massimo Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We study direct democracy with population uncertainty. Voters' participation is often among the desiderata by the election designer. A participation quorum is a threshold on the fraction of participating voters below which ...
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    Title: Natural Resource Distribution and Multiple Forms of Civil War  Author(s): MORELLI, Massimo; ROHNER, Dominic Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We examine how natural resource location, rent sharing and fighting capacities of different groups matter for ethnic con.ict. A new type of bargaining failure due to multiple types of potential conflicts (and hence multiple ...
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    Title: Strategic Mass Killings  Author(s): ESTEBAN, Joan; MORELLI, Massimo; ROHNER, Dominic Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Since World War II there have been about fifty episodes of large-scale mass killings of civilians and massive forced displacements. They were usually meticulously planned and independent of military goals. We provide a ...