Backward Induction in the Wild? Evidence from Sequential Voting in the US Senate

In the US Senate, roll calls are held in alphabetical order. We document that senators early in the order are less likely to vote with the majority of their own party than those whose last name places them at the end of the alphabet. To speak to the mechanism behind this result, we develop a simple...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American economic review 2018-07, Vol.108 (7), p.1971-2013
Hauptverfasser:	Spenkuch, JÖrg L., Montagnes, B. Pablo, Magleby, Daniel B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Economic theory Government Induction Legislators Legislatures Personal names Values Voting
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