Manipulative agendas in four-candidate elections

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2020
Volume: 194
Issue: C

Authors (2)

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0.505 = (α=2.02 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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Abstract

We consider a setting where it is known for an electorate what probability a given candidate has of beating another in a pairwise ballot. An agenda assigns candidates to the leaves of a binary tree and is called manipulative if it inverts the final winning probabilities for two candidates. We compare standard and symmetric agendas in four-candidate elections and show that in monotone environments the former are more manipulative.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:194:y:2020:i:c:s0165176520302615
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25