in legislatures. The chapters of this book contribute to the theory of voting with incomplete information, to the … literature on Downsian and probabilistic voting models of elections, to the theory of social choice in distributive environments …, and to the theory of optimal dynamic decision-making. The essays employ a spectrum of research methods, from game …

political decisions, the author looks at specific issues such as two-tiered voting systems or the influence of lobbyists on …

Rankings When Indifference Exists -- Connections and Implications of the Ostrogorski Paradox for Spatial Voting Models …-standard) Choices -- Puzzles and Paradoxes Involving Averages: An Intuitive Approach -- Voting Weights, Thresholds and Population Size …This book discusses collective decision making from the perspective of social choice and game theory. The chapters are …

Individual Preferences in Group Decision and Negotiation -- The Application of Item Response Theory for Analyzing the …

theory, computational social choice, and fair division. It thus offers an interdisciplinary treatment of collective decision … making from an economic and computational perspective. Part I introduces to algorithmic game theory, focusing on both … noncooperative and cooperative game theory. Part II introduces to computational social choice, focusing on both preference …