Bouton et al. (2022) compare the properties of majority run-off and plurality rule elections in a laboratory setting, focusing on Duverger's prediction that plurality rule leads to higher levels of strategic voting. They produce a causal estimate of the difference in incidence of strategic...

Bouton et al. (2022) compare the properties of majority run-off and plurality rule elections in a laboratory setting, focusing on Duverger's prediction that plurality rule leads to higher levels of strategic voting. They produce a causal estimate of the difference in incidence of strategic...

This paper analyzes the principles by which voters extend their preferences over individual candidates to preferences over sets of candidates in the context of approval voting. Under a system of approval voting, a voter is allowed to vote for as many candidates as he wishes and the candidate(s)...