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Item Details
Title:
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BEHAVIORAL SOCIAL CHOICE
PROBABILISTIC MODELS, STATISTICAL INFERENCE, AND APPLICATIONS |
By: |
Michel Regenwetter, Bernard Grofman, A. A. J. Marley |
Format: |
Paperback |

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£37.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0521536669 |
ISBN 13: |
9780521536660 |
Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 February, 2006 |
Pages: |
258 |
Description: |
Behavioral Social Choice looks at the probabilistic foundations of collective decision-making rules. |
Synopsis: |
Behavioral Social Choice looks at the probabilistic foundations of collective decision-making rules. The authors challenge much of the existing theoretical wisdom about social choice processes, and seek to restore faith in the possibility of democratic decision-making. In particular, they argue that worries about the supposed prevalence of majority rule cycles that would preclude groups from reaching a final decision about what alternative they prefer have been greatly overstated. In practice, majority rule can be expected to work well in most real-world settings. Furthermore, if there is a problem, they show that the problem is more likely to be one of sample estimates missing the majority winner in a close contest (e.g., Bush-Gore) than a problem about cycling. The authors also provide new mathematical tools to estimate the prevalence of cycles as a function of sample size and insights into how alternative model specifications can change our estimates of social orderings. |
Illustrations: |
8 tables |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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