Variable Competence and Collective Performance: Unanimity vs. Simple Majority Rule
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Keywords
Unanimity rule; simple majority rule; voters' competence; collective performance;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2018-12-17 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-MIC-2018-12-17 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-POL-2018-12-17 (Positive Political Economics)
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