The (sub-)optimality of the majority rule

DOI10.1016/J.GEB.2011.08.002zbMATH Open1279.91065OpenAlexW2098225016WikidataQ56387584 ScholiaQ56387584MaRDI QIDQ765225FDOQ765225

Authors Patrick W. Schmitz, Thomas Tröger 

Publication date 19 March 2012

Published in Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/32716/1/MPRA_paper_32716.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

majority ruleutilitarianismmechanism designcorrelated values

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14) Other game-theoretic models (91A40)

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