Approval voting and scoring rules with common values

David S. Ahn; Santiago Oliveros

doi:10.1016/j.jet.2016.09.002

Approval voting and scoring rules with common values

David S. Ahn, Santiago Oliveros

School of Economics

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Abstract

We compare approval voting with other scoring rules for environments with common values and private information. For finite electorates, the best equilibrium under approval voting is superior to plurality rule or negative voting. For large electorates, if any scoring rule yields a sequence of equilibria that efficiently aggregates information, then approval voting must do so as well.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	304-310
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Economic Theory
Volume	166
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2016.09.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2016

Keywords

Approval voting
Information aggregation
Plurality rule
Scoring rule

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School of Economics - Professor of Economics

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Ahn, D. S., & Oliveros, S. (2016). Approval voting and scoring rules with common values. Journal of Economic Theory, 166, 304-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2016.09.002

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