Probabilities of electoral outcomes: from three-candidate to four-candidate elections

Abdelhalim El Ouafdi, Dominique Lepelley and Hatem Smaoui
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Abdelhalim El Ouafdi: CEMOI, University of La Réunion
Hatem Smaoui: CEMOI, University of La Réunion

Theory and Decision, 2020, vol. 88, issue 2, No 2, 205-229

Abstract: Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to compute the theoretical likelihood of some electoral outcomes under the impartial anonymous culture in four-candidate elections by using the last versions of software like LattE or Normaliz. By comparison with the three-candidate case, our results allow to analyze the impact of the number of candidates on the occurrence of these voting outcomes.

Keywords: Voting rules; Voting paradoxes; Condorcet efficiency; Condorcet loser; Manipulability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s11238-019-09724-5

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