future majority excluding them. We compare the behavior in the lab of groups under majority rule and under the optimal voting … rule, which precludes voting in intermediate stages of the policy experiment. Surprisingly, simple majority performs better … than the (theoretically) optimal voting rule. Majority rule seems to be more robust than other forms of voting when players …

This paper surveys research of lab experiments on voting games, focusing on six areas that have received much attention … in the last few decades: (i) costly voting in elections with two alternatives; (ii) (other) collective action problems … the work reviewed. First, strategic behavior is pervasive in voting games, as opposed to naive or “sincere” behavior. That …