Approval Voting, Borda Winners, and Condorcet Winners: Evidence from Seven Elections

Approval Voting, Borda Winners, and Condorcet Winners: Evidence from Seven Elections

We analyze 10 three-candidate elections (and mock elections) conducted under approval voting (AV) using a method developed by Falmagne and Regenwetter (1996) that allows us to construct a distribution of rank orders from subset choice data. The elections were held by the Institute of Management Scie...

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Veröffentlicht in:Management Science. - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 1954. - 44(1998), 4, Seite 520-533
1. Verfasser: Regenwetter, Michel (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Grofman, Bernard
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1998
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Management Science
Schlagworte:Approval Voting Borda Winner Condorcet Winner Random Utility Theory Social Choice Social Welfare Order Economics Political science Mathematics Information science mehr... Behavioral sciences Philosophy
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