Production in incomplete markets: expectations matter for political stability

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  • Hervé Crès
  • Mich Tvede
In the present paper we study voting-based corporate control in a general equilibrium model with incomplete financial markets. Since voting takes place in a multi-dimensional setting, super-majority rules are needed to ensure existence of equilibrium. In a linear-quadratic setup we show that the endogenization of voting weights (given by portfolio holdings) can give rise to - through self-fulfilling expectations - dramatical political instability, i.e. Condorcet cycles of length two even for very high majority rules.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Mathematical Economics
Volume45
Issue number3-4
Pages (from-to)212-222
Number of pages11
ISSN0304-4068
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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