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Sincerity in Simple and Complex Voting Mechanisms

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dc.creator Ballester, Miguel Angel
dc.creator Rey-Biel, Pedro
dc.date 2008-03-03T17:53:26Z
dc.date 2008-03-03T17:53:26Z
dc.date 2008-01
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:00:33Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:00:33Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3138
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3138
dc.description We discuss sincere voting when voters have cardinal preferences over alternatives. We interpret sincerity as opposed to strategic voting, and thus define sincerity as the optimal behavior when conditions to vote strategically diminish. When voting mechanisms allow for only one message type (simple voting mechanisms) we show that eliminating some conditions for strategic voting, individuals' optimal behavior coincides with an intuitive and common definition of sincerity. In order to obtain a precise definition of sincerity in voting mechanisms allowing for multiple message types (complex voting mechanisms) further restrictions on strategic voting are required. We illustrate our methodological approach using approval voting (AV) as a prime example of complex voting mechanisms for which no conclusive definition of sincerity exists in the literature.
dc.description Peer reviewed
dc.format 173943 bytes
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.relation UFAE and IAE Working Papers
dc.relation 722.08
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Sincere and strategic voting
dc.subject Cardinal utility
dc.subject Approval voting
dc.title Sincerity in Simple and Complex Voting Mechanisms
dc.type Documento de trabajo


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