A theory of the spoils system |
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| Authors: | Roy Gardner |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics and Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, 47404, Bloomington, IN
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| Abstract: | In a spoils system, it is axiomatic that ‘to the winners go the spoils.’ This essay formalizes spoils systems as cooperative games, with winners given by a simple game structure, and represented by a fixed number of political appointments. We analyze the resulting spoils games by means of the non-transferable utility value, and we offer two practical applications of the results. |
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