Geometry of Voting
Donald G. Saari
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Economic Theory. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
Over two centuries of theory and practical experience have taught us that election and decision procedures do not behave as expected. Instead, we now know that when different tallying methods are applied to the same ballots, radically different outcomes can emerge, that most procedures can select the candidate, the voters view as being inferior, and that some commonly used methods have the disturbing anomaly that a winning candidate can lose after receiving added support. A geometric theory is developed to remove much of the mystery of three-candidate voting procedures. In this manner, the spectrum of election outcomes from all positional ... Read more
Over two centuries of theory and practical experience have taught us that election and decision procedures do not behave as expected. Instead, we now know that when different tallying methods are applied to the same ballots, radically different outcomes can emerge, that most procedures can select the candidate, the voters view as being inferior, and that some commonly used methods have the disturbing anomaly that a winning candidate can lose after receiving added support. A geometric theory is developed to remove much of the mystery of three-candidate voting procedures. In this manner, the spectrum of election outcomes from all positional ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Economic Theory
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642486463
SKU
V9783642486463
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99-15
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