Evaluating Voting Systems with Probability Models

Essays by and in Honor of William Gehrlein and Dominique Lepelley

Mostapha Diss editor Vincent Merlin editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:19th Dec '20

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This book includes up-to-date contributions in the broadly defined area of probabilistic analysis of voting rules and decision mechanisms. Featuring papers from all fields of social choice and game theory, it presents probability arguments to allow readers to gain a better understanding of the properties of decision rules and of the functioning of modern democracies. In particular, it focuses on the legacy of William Gehrlein and Dominique Lepelley, two prominent scholars who have made important contributions to this field over the last fifty years. It covers a range of topics, including (but not limited to) computational and technical aspects of probability approaches, evaluation of the likelihood of voting paradoxes, power indices, empirical evaluations of voting rules, models of voters’ behavior, and strategic voting. The book gathers articles written in honor of Gehrlein and Lepelley along with original works written by the two scholars themselves.

“The volume gives a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in probability modeling of voting rules. … All chapters in the volume present new results or refer to ones achieved recently.” (Hannu Nurmi, Journal of Economics, Vol. 134, 2021)

ISBN: 9783030485979

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 811g

403 pages

1st ed. 2021