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Ethical Decision Rules for Uncertain Voters

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In this paper we extend the probability model of voting which was first considered by Rae. We consider a voting body presented with issues on which decisions have to be made, and we seek the decision rule which maximizes in some sense the correspondence between individual preferences and the collective decisions of the voting body.

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  • Schofield, Norman, 1972. "Ethical Decision Rules for Uncertain Voters," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 2(2), pages 193-207, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:2:y:1972:i:02:p:193-207_00
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    1. Grüner, Hans Peter & Engelmann, Dirk & Possajennikov, Alex & Hoffmann, Timo, 2020. "Minority Protection in Voting Mechanisms - Experimental Evidence," CEPR Discussion Papers 14393, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Schmitz, Patrick W. & Tröger, Thomas, 2012. "The (sub-)optimality of the majority rule," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 74(2), pages 651-665.
    3. Van Dieren, F. & Van Leeuwen, J.M.J., 1984. "Renormalization of the gas-liquid transition," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 128(3), pages 383-403.
    4. Norman Schofield, 2007. "Modelling Politics," ICER Working Papers 33-2007, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research.
    5. Yukhnovskii, I.R., 1990. "The functional of the grand partition function for the investigation of the liquid-gas critical point," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 168(3), pages 999-1020.
    6. Norman Schofield, 2015. "Climate Change, Collapse and Social Choice Theory," Czech Economic Review, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, vol. 9(1), pages 007-035, October.

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