We develop and test a theory of voting and turnout decisions that integrates self-interest, social preferences, and … pocketbook benefits do not explain voting, then voting is expressive. If the perceived probability of being pivotal is non … strongly influence participation and voting. However, social or expressive motives, such as stated altruism, environmental …

We develop and test a theory of voting and turnout decisions that integrates self-interest, social preferences, and … pocketbook benefits do not explain voting, then voting is expressive. If the perceived probability of being pivotal is non … strongly influence participation and voting. However, social or expressive motives, such as stated altruism, environmental …

The average voting procedure reflects the weighted average of expressed opinions in [0,1]. Participants typically … taste is central enough, the range of possible values for the average voting outcome is narrower than the corresponding … range for majority voting. For instance, if the average taste is at 1/2, the limit equilibrium outcome is this value plus or …

The average voting procedure reflects the weighted average of expressed opinions in [0,1]. Participants typically … taste is central enough, the range of possible values for the average voting outcome is narrower than the corresponding … range for majority voting. For instance, if the average taste is at 1/2, the limit equilibrium outcome is this value plus or …

Voting rules can be assessed from quite different perspectives: the axiomatic, the pragmatic, in terms of computational … learning perspective and ask how 'well' a few prominent voting rules can be learned by a neural network. To address this … training sample size for a neural network varies significantly with the voting rule, and we rank a number of popular voting …

can only be reconciled by compromise or by voting. The greatest number must be of citizens alive today, but governments …

preferences (i.e. a 'voting rule')? And if so, which voting rule best describes their behavior? We show that a prominent neural … network can be trained to respect two fundamental principles of voting theory, the unanimity principle and the Pareto property … chooses, and find that among a number of popular voting rules its behavior mimics most closely the Borda rule. Indeed, the …