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Romer, T. and H. Rosenthal (1978), Political Resource Allocation, Controlled Agendas and the Status Quo (view source)
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If committee opens gates, legislators propose policies to challenge status quo. Simply majority voting selects Condorcet winner <math>x_{m}</math>. Committee only opens gate if he prefers <math>x_{m}</math> to <math>x_{0}</math> the status quo.
Suppose <math>x_{0} < x_{c} < x_{m}</math>. We can see that the median of the committee prefers <math>x_{0}</math> to <math>x_{m}</math>, so he will keep the gates closed and not allow a vote, as voting will result in <math>x_{m}</math>. Thus, we get a status quo bias under open rule.
===Closed Rule===
The closed rule solves these types of commitment problems.
