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Gilligan Krehbiel (1987) - Collective Decision Making And Standing Committees (view source)
Revision as of 18:20, 20 May 2010
, 18:20, 20 May 2010→Open rule, specialization
See figure 4, p310 of the paper for a graphic intuitiion.
As in cheap talk models, the number of partitions that can be sustained is a function of the bias of the reporting agent. If <math>x_c \ge 3\sigma_{\omega}^2\,</math> only one partition can be supported and the model reverts to the unspecialized case. Likewise, as the bias decreases the number of partitions increases and the floor is able to make more refined inferences about <math>\omega\,</math>, and there is less loss due to uncertainty.
The committee chooses to specialize if its expected utility is higher. Put another way, it specializes if the cost of specialization <math>k\,</math> is less or equal to than some cut off <math>k^U\,</math>, where:
:<math>K^U = \sigma_{\omega}^2 \left( 1- \frac{1}{N^2}\right) - \frac{x_c^2(N^2-1)}{3}\,</math>
Note that it would be efficient for the committee to specialize if <math>k \ge 2K^U\,</math> as well, as this would lead to gains to the floor, but the committee doesn't do so and is therefore 'underspecialized'.
