A Political Economy of Decision-Making in a Nine-Player Committee

• In Event: The Political Economy of Public Opinion

Brief Overview

We theoretically and experimentally examine committee voting relevant to the judiciary. We find that justices are not just policy-seekers aligned with the median and explore how the chief justice can influence decisions toward their own ideologies.

Authors

• Kai Ou, Florida State University

• Jens Grosser, Florida State University

• Ammar Shamaileh, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies