What is the composition of the legislature
Given the composition of the legislature, the strategic voting, the possibility under which the policies and their economic outcomes may be dramatically different in multiparty system country. There effects may be significant because,
- The choice of systems may be endogenous to the degree of underlying policy polarization, causing emergence of new parties.
- Policy polarization may be taken as an outcome of 'first-past the post' system where representation of small parities in the legislature will be far below their strength in the electorate as a while.