values. The SSPI can serve as a control for power imbedded in voting blocs, permitting fuller analysis of other factors that …

benefit a lot from having a ticket, suggesting instrumental voting. In each referendum, a majority votes in line with self …-interest, providing strong evidence for pocketbook voting. However, social preferences like altruism, public good considerations and …

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 …

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 …

A conclave is a voting mechanism in which a committee selects an alternative by voting until a sufficient supermajority … conclave leads to efficiency gains relative to simple majority voting. We also compare welfare properties of a static versus a …