Can the majority lose the election?

DOI10.1007/S10058-008-0072-5zbMATH Open1195.91031OpenAlexW3123749015MaRDI QIDQ843740FDOQ843740

Authors: Bryan C. McCannon 

Publication date: 15 January 2010

Published in: Review of Economic Design (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10058-008-0072-5

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zbMATH Keywords

plurality votingendogenous candidatesmajority losingnon-Duvergerian outcomes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Voting theory (91B12)

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