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Manipulation of single-winner large elections by vote pairing

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  • Dindar, Hayrullah
  • Lainé, Jean

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Manipulation of indirect elections by vote pairing occurs when a group of voters in different electoral bodies secures a jointly preferred winner by performing pairwise exchanges of votes. We show that in elections involving a large enough number of districts, each with a large enough size, no reasonable constitution is immune to vote-pairing.

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  • Dindar, Hayrullah & Lainé, Jean, 2017. "Manipulation of single-winner large elections by vote pairing," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 161(C), pages 105-107.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:161:y:2017:i:c:p:105-107
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.09.040
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    2. Kivinen, Steven, 2023. "On the manipulability of equitable voting rules," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 286-302.

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    Keywords

    Representative democracy; Vote pairing; Group manipulation;
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    JEL classification:

    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
    • C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General

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