In this paper we propose minority voting as a scheme that can partially protect individuals from the risk of repeated …-lasting impact. In the first period a simple open majority voting scheme takes place. Voting splits the committee into three groups …: voting winners, voting losers, and absentees. Under minority voting only voting losers keep the voting right in the second …

We analyze Assessment Voting, a new two-round voting procedure that can be applied to binary decisions in democratic … a costly voting framework, we show that large electorates will choose the preferred alternative of the majority with … high probability, and that average costs will be low. This result is in contrast with the literature on one-round voting …

The author proposes a two-round process called minority voting to allocate public projects in a polity. In the first … voting rights for the second round, in which the financing scheme is determined. In the second round, the unanimity rule or … voting and simple majority voting and outline the research program. -- …

We propose a two-stage process called minority voting to allocate public projects in a polity. In the first period, a … rejected, the process ends. Otherwise the process continues, but only the members of the minority keep agenda and voting rights … majority rule is applied. We provide a first round of relative welfare comparisons between minority voting and simple majority …

We introduce a democratic procedure with voting-based proposals called ”Pendular Voting”. It works as follows: An … manipulability and exploitation of this voting procedure and its welfare effects. We show that manipulation is limited or absent and … that exploitation can be avoided. Regardless of whether the agenda-setter is altruistic or selfish, Pendular Voting leads …

We introduce a democratic procedure with voting-based proposals called "Pendular Voting". It works as follows: An … manipulability and exploitation of this voting procedure and its welfare effects. We show that manipulation is limited or absent and … that exploitation can be avoided. Regardless of whether the agenda-setter is altruistic or selfish, Pendular Voting leads …