Pivots versus signals in elections

DOI10.1016/J.JET.2008.08.008MaRDI QIDQ1007329zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Adam Meirowitz, Kenneth W. Shotts

Publication date 20 March 2009

Published in Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2008.08.008

zbMATH Keywords

informationelectionsvotingsignalingpivot

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Signaling and communication in game theory (91A28) Voting theory (91B12) Economics of information (91B44)

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• A passion for voting
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