Logrolling
A practice common in the U.S. Congress and in many other legislative assemblies in which two (or more) legislators agree for each to trade his vote on one bill he cares little about in exchange for the other's vote on a bill that is ...
Logrolling - The political practice in which a voter agrees to support another's programs in exchange for support for his or her own.
Long run - That time period in which all factors of production can be varied.
LOGROLLING
The trading of votes to ensure a favorable outcome for two or more separate decisions. Logrolling occurs when each of two people agree to vote for the other's project to ensure that both are passed. A votes for B and B votes for A.
Logrolling
The exchange of political favors, especially among legislators who agree to support each others' initiatives. Logrolling contributed importantly to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.
Lomé Convention ...
But by means of logrolling bargains, in which the representatives of farm states agree to trade their votes on behalf of trade protectionism in exchange for pledges of support for agricultural subsidies from the representatives of ...
Schattschneider, Elmer E. Politics, Pressures, and the Tariff. New York, 1935. Classic study of Smoot-Hawley logrolling.
Setser, Vernon G. The Commercial Reciprocity Policy of the United States, 1774–1829. Philadelphia, 1937.
 See also: Tip, Feedback, Long-run, Stats, Perfect competition
  
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