Voting by successive elimination and strategic candidacy (Q1599833)

The authors study the impact of strategic choices of self-interested candidates of whether or not to enter an election. Their main interest is the strategic candicay in the context of the tree and binary voting procedures used by small groups such as committees. It is shown that the outcomes under strategic candidacy still remain in the top cycle (i.e. select a Condorcet winner if one exists). A comprehensive analysis for the special case of voting by successive elimination is offered.