When is a finite number of binary voting choices consistent with the hypothesis that the voter has preferences that … voting decisions. Without knowledge of the location of the voting alternatives, voting decisions by multiple voters impose no … joint testable restrictions on the location of their ideal points, even in one dimension. Furthermore, the voting records of …

When is a finite number of binary voting choices consistent with the hypothesis that the voter has preferences that … voting decisions. Without knowledge of the location of the voting alternatives, voting decisions by multiple voters impose no … joint testable restrictions on the location of their ideal points, even in one dimension. Furthermore, the voting records of …

studies strategic voting when voters have pure common values but may be ambiguity averse -- exhibit Ellsberg-type behavior …

We consider collective decision making when society consists of groups endowed with voting weights. Each group chooses …

distribution with independent marginals then, under weak conditions, voting on the original issues is not optimal. If the marginals … are identical (but not necessarily independent), then voting first on the total sum and next on the differences is often … welfare superior to voting on the original issues. We also provide various lower bounds on incentive efficiency: in particular …