Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5072572 Games and Economic Behavior 2008 28 Pages PDF
Abstract
I then characterize the efficiency of optimal equilibria as the population becomes large and show that a discontinuity arises in the information aggregation capabilities of the majority rule voting mechanism: in elections without a dominant front-running candidate the better candidate is almost surely elected, whereas in races with a front-runner information cannot be effectively aggregated in equilibrium.
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