Sincere voting in an electorate with heterogeneous preferences

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2017
Volume: 154
Issue: C
Pages: 120-123

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Abstract

Much of the theoretical literature on voting with private information finds that voters do not vote sincerely at the equilibrium. Yet there is little empirical support for this result. This paper shows that when the electorate is sufficiently divided, sincere voting is an equilibrium strategy for an arbitrarily large proportion of voters.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:154:y:2017:i:c:p:120-123
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General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25