A new model of coalition formation |
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Authors: | Agnieszka Rusinowska Harrie de Swart Jan-Willem van der Rijt |
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Affiliation: | (1) Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9108, 6500, HK, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;(2) Warsaw School of Economics, Department of Mathematical Economics, , Warsaw, Poland;(3) Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000, LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands;(4) Department of Philosophy, University of Groningen, Oude Boteringestraat 52, 9712, GL, Groningen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | In this paper, a new model of multidimensional coalition formation in politics is presented. The model provides an opportunity to analyze a number of different kinds of issues at the same time. A policy space consists of a finite number of independent sub-spaces (policy spaces on certain issues), which can be multidimensional. Any policy sub-space on a certain sub-issue can be either a Euclidean space or (in principle) any other type of set. So, it is possible to include issues which cannot be represented by a Euclidean space or a fixed sum. A government is defined as a pair consisting of a majority coalition and a policy supported by this coalition. The majority coalition may be not minimal winning. Each party is allowed to give one qualification to a policy on a certain issue and to a majority coalition: desirable of a certain degree, acceptable, or unacceptable. By representing party preferences the way we do, we can include both rent-seeking and idealistic motivations in one consistent model. We define the value of a policy/coalition/government to a party, and the notions of a feasible and stable policy/coalition/government. The model uses party preferences in order to predict government policy. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of a stable government are investigated. Moreover, some alternative definitions of a stable government are introduced, and relations between these definitions and the chosen definition of a stable government are established.For Agnieszka Rusinowska the research for this paper was done during a stay as a Marie Curie fellow at Tilburg University, Department of Philosophy. |
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