Behavioral Social Choice: Probabilistic Models, Statistical Inference, and Applications

Marley, AA; Regenwetter, M; Grofman, AB; Tsetlin, I

Behavioral Social Choice: Probabilistic Models, Statistical Inference, and Applications

Marley, AA Regenwetter, M Grofman, AB Tsetlin, I

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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Publication Type:: Book
Citation:: 2006, 1
Issue Date:: 2006-01

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dc.contributor.author	Marley, AA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Regenwetter, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Grofman, AB	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Tsetlin, I	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2006, 1	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-521-82968-7	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17241
dc.description.abstract	Behavioral Social Choice looks at the probabilistic foundations of collective decision-making rules. The authors challenge much of the existing theoretical wisdom about social choice processes, and seek to restore faith in the possibility of democratic decision-making. In particular, they argue that worries about the supposed prevalence of majority rule cycles that would preclude groups from reaching a final decision about what alternative they prefer have been greatly overstated. In practice, majority rule can be expected to work well in most real-world settings. Furthermore, if there is a problem, they show that the problem is more likely to be one of sample estimates missing the majority winner in a close contest (e.g., Bush-Gore) than a problem about cycling. The authors also provide new mathematical tools to estimate the prevalence of cycles as a function of sample size and insights into how alternative model specifications can change our estimates of social orderings.	en_US
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Abstract:

Behavioral Social Choice looks at the probabilistic foundations of collective decision-making rules. The authors challenge much of the existing theoretical wisdom about social choice processes, and seek to restore faith in the possibility of democratic decision-making. In particular, they argue that worries about the supposed prevalence of majority rule cycles that would preclude groups from reaching a final decision about what alternative they prefer have been greatly overstated. In practice, majority rule can be expected to work well in most real-world settings. Furthermore, if there is a problem, they show that the problem is more likely to be one of sample estimates missing the majority winner in a close contest (e.g., Bush-Gore) than a problem about cycling. The authors also provide new mathematical tools to estimate the prevalence of cycles as a function of sample size and insights into how alternative model specifications can change our estimates of social orderings.

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