Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Mackenzie, Andrew
Author-workplace-name: Microeconomics & Public Economics, RS: GSBE ETBC
Title: A Game of the Throne of Saint Peter
Abstract: In the Roman Catholic Church, the pope is elected by the (cardinal) electors through “scrutiny,” where each elector casts an anonymous nomination. Using historical documents, we argue that a guiding principle for the church has been the protection of electors from the temptation to defy God through dishonest nomination. Based on axiomatic analysis involving this principle, we recommend that the church overturn the changes of Pope Pius XII (1945) to reinstate the scrutiny of Pope Gregory XV (1621), and argue that randomization in the case of deadlock merits consideration.
Classification-JEL: d82,d71,d72,z12
Series: GSBE Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 20180508
Number: 015
File-URL: https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ws/files/26038282/RM18015.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 850782
Handle: Repec:unm:umagsb:2018015
DOI: 10.26481/umagsb.2018015