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The ruptures in the probability scale and some problems of modelling.

Harin, Alexander - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 2, pp. 18-18

Economical Dynamics MMSED-2010, is devoted to applications of the modern achievements of probability theory to economics. The … probability scale to solution of some problems of modelling of the economic behavior of a man. The existence of the ruptures near … the borders of the probability scale has been proved to solve the problems in the all four "folds" of the "four …

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The increasing committee size paradox with small number of candidates

Kamwa, Eric - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 2, pp. 967-972

The Increasing Committee Size Paradox is a voting inconsistency that occurs under voting systems where voters cast exactly k votes when there are k seats to fill. This paradox occurs when, given an elected committee of size k, one of its member could not be elected if we were to elect a...

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The theorem of existence of ruptures in the probability scale.

Harin, Alexander - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 2, pp. 16-16

devoted to the probability theory and economics. The theorems of existence of the ruptures near the borders of finite … intervals and of the probability scale have been proved. The theorem of existence of the ruptures in the probability scale can …

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Referendum paradox in a federal union with unequal populations: the three state case

Lepelley, Dominique; Merlin, Vincent R; Rouet, Jean-louis; … - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 4, pp. 2201-2207

size n1, n2 and n3, we derive exact formulas for the probability of the referendum paradox under the Impartial Culture … square root of their size is an apportionment rule that fails to minimize the probability of the referendum paradox in some …

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A note on Condorcet's other paradox

Gehrlein, William v.; Lepelley, Dominique - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 3, pp. 2000-2007

We report in this note some results on the theoretical likelihood of Condorcet's Other Paradox in three alternative elections. This paradox occurs when we have a voting situation such that no Wheighted Scoring Rule (WSR) will select the Pairwise Majority Rule Winner as the WSR winner. We...

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