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Comment on “Proposals for a Democracy of the Future” by Bruno Frey

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  • Dan S. Felsenthal

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These comments outline, informally, several policy/philosophical principles or goals underlying different possible decision rule(s) that may be used by a representative assembly when selecting one out of several alternatives.

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  • Dan S. Felsenthal, 2017. "Comment on “Proposals for a Democracy of the Future” by Bruno Frey," Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, Springer, vol. 34(2), pages 195-200, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:homoec:v:34:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s41412-017-0042-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s41412-017-0042-7
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    1. Lorenzo Cioni, 2018. "A Few Notes on the Paper “Proposals for A Democracy of The Future”," Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, Springer, vol. 35(3), pages 225-234, September.

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    Keywords

    Majority rule; Equiprobability of success; Equal opportunity to avoid the worst; Proportionality of a priori voting power to weight; Proportionality of weight to electoral support;
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    JEL classification:

    • D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
    • D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy

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