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We examine through an experimental design how rational and non-rational considerations affect the decision to vote or to abstain in First Past the Post and PR elections. We show that in both types of elections, but particularly so under PR, a majority of subjects do not make the "right"...
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International agreements about transnational issues are difficult to reach, as the examples of the Copenhagen summit or the never-ending discussions of the future of the European Union make clear. In this paper, we relate this difficulty to the political process and the conflicts of interest...
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information. Members agree which decision should be taken in each state of nature, had this been known, but they may attach … different values to the two types of mistake that may occur. Most voting rules have a plethora of uninformative equilibria, and … informative voting may be incompatible with equilibrium. We analyze an anonymous randomized majority rule that has a unique …
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This article explains why the traditional model of the theory of social choice misrepresents reality, it cannot lead to acceptable methods of ranking and electing in any case, and a more realistic model leads inevitably to one method of ranking and electing—majority judgment—that best meets...
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Under evaluative voting, the voter freely grades each candidate on a numerical scale, with the winning candidate being … determined by the sum of the grades they receive. This paper compares evaluative voting with the two-round system, reporting on … evaluative voting rules, and the specific pattern of strategic voting under the official, two-round voting rule. …
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democracies, governments need to convince their populations through efficient and persuasive information campaigns. In the context …, with 175 participants, to explore what type of information can induce change in vaccination intentions at both aggregate …, and that it is information of a purely scientific nature that has the only significant positive effect on intention to …
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de l'information et de la connaissance. Nous opposons, ce qui est banal dans le domaine de sciences cognitives, et ne l …
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Dans cet article, nous formalisons deux critères de décisions qui tentent de rendre compte de deux logiques différentes d'interprétation du Principe de précaution. Le premier critère correspond à la maximisation du minimum de l'espérance d'utilité alors que le second critère correspond...
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We argue, in the spirit of some of Jean-Yves Jaffray's work, that explicitly incorporating the information, however … and analyze how the decision maker takes into account new information, even when this information is not an event and … finally that it is crucial when attempting to identify and measure the decision maker's attitude toward imprecise information. …
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Si on pense qu'une partie hautement mathématisée de la littérature économique, publiée dans les grandes revues, et abondamment citée, est néanmoins fausse, on peut se détourner en considérant que cette partie n'est pas convaincante et ne mérite pas d'être traitée dans les manuels ni...
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