Linear voting Rules

Grüner, Hans Peter and Tröger, Thomas
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Thomas Troeger

No 11127, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: How should a society choose between two social alternatives if participation in the decision process is voluntary and costly and monetary transfers are not feasible? Considering symmetric voters with private valuations, we show that it is utilitarian-optimal to use a linear voting rule: votes get alternative-dependent weights, and a default obtains if the weighted sum of votes stays below some threshold. Standard quorum rules are not optimal. We develop a perturbation method to characterize equilibria in the case of small participation costs and show that leaving participation voluntary increases welfare for linear rules that are optimal under compulsory participation.

Keywords: Mechanisms design; Optimal voting rules; Costly voting; Compulsory voting; Quorum rules (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cdm, nep-mic and nep-pol
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