Ignorance and bias in collective decision:Theory and experiments
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Keywords
Condorcet jury theorem; rational ignorance; homemade priors;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2014-06-22 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-CTA-2014-06-22 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-EXP-2014-06-22 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-NET-2014-06-22 (Network Economics)
- NEP-POL-2014-06-22 (Positive Political Economics)
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