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Chapter Twenty-Six - Probabilistic and Spatial Models of Voting

In: Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare

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  • Coughlin, Peter

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This chapter discusses results about committees that use majority rule, some related results about majority rule as a social choice rule (that is, without referring to a specific context where majority rule is used), and results about electoral competitions where the winner is selected by majority rule.

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  • Coughlin, Peter, 2011. "Chapter Twenty-Six - Probabilistic and Spatial Models of Voting," Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, in: K. J. Arrow & A. K. Sen & K. Suzumura (ed.), Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, edition 1, volume 2, chapter 26, pages 833-896, Elsevier.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socchp:2-26
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