Only a dictatorship is efficient
In many, if not most, elections, several different seats must be filled, so that a group of candidates, or an assembly, is selected. Typically in these elections, voters cast their ballots on a seat-by-seat basis. We show that these seat-by-seat procedures are efficient only under extreme conditions.
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2010
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Authors: | Benoît, Jean-Pierre ; Kornhauser, Lewis A. |
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Games and Economic Behavior. - Elsevier, ISSN 0899-8256. - Vol. 70.2010, 2, p. 261-270
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Elsevier |
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