Objective Research objectives and content THE PROJECT TAKES A GAME THEORETIC APPROACH TO THE SPATIAL THEORY OF VOTING TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF E.U. INSTITUTIONS IN HANDLING THE REDISTRIBUTIVE PRESSURES DUE TO FURTHER INTEGRATION AND ENLARGEMENT. IT IS A STYLIZED FACT THAT THE OBSERVED POLITICAL OUTCOMES YIELD INEFFICIENT REDISTRIBUTION WHICH TRANSLATES INTO INEFFICIENT OCCUPATIONAL CHOICES I.E. INEFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BOTH ACROSS SECTORS AND ACROSS COUNTRIES/REGIONS. THE AIM IS TO ASSESS WHAT DETAILS OF THE EXISTING POLITICAL STRUCTURES ACCOUNT FOR SUCH PHENOMENON. IT WILL BE STUDIED (I) HOW THE REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION LEAD TO CONFLICTING REDISTRIBUTIVE STANCES; (II) HOW THOSE STANCES ARE TRANSLATED INTO POLITICAL ALTERNATIVES, AND THEN POLICIES, BY THE POLITICAL "LOCATION CHOICES" OF ENTERPRISING POLITICIANS UNDER ALTERNATIVE ELECTORAL SYSTEMS; (III) HOW THE EXISTING EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS, BOTH NATIONAL AND COMMUNITARIAN, REGULATE THIS TRANSLATION IN THE PRESENCE OF REDISTRIBUTIVE CONFLICT BETWEEN SECTORALLY AND GEOGRAPHICALLY CONCENTRATED GROUPS OF INTEREST AND (IV) HOW SUCH INSTITUTIONS CAN BE EVENTUALLY REFINED TO ENHANCE BOTH ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND POLITICAL COHESION. Training content (objective, benefit and expected impact) SPECIFIC ADVANCED TRAINING IN GAME THEORY AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE THEORY OF VOTING AS A COMPLEMENT TO MY KNOWLEDGE OF TRADE THEORY, LOCATION THEORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY THEORY IN ORDER TO TACKLE THE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH OF THE PROJECT. Links with industry / industrial relevance (22) Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionselectionsnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsgame theorysocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicspolitical economysocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce Programme(s) FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0302 - Post-doctoral research training grants TS06 - International Economics Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships) Coordinator UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN EU contribution No data Address 34,Voie du Roman Pays 34 1348 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Not available Italy EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data