Welcome to the new version of CaltechAUTHORS. Login is currently restricted to library staff. If you notice any issues, please email coda@library.caltech.edu
Published April 26, 2019 | Accepted Version
Report Open

United We Vote

Eguia, Jon X.

Abstract

This paper studies the advantages that a coalition of agents in a larger electorate can obtain by forming a voting bloc to pool their votes and cast them all in one direction. We show under which conditions an agent will benefit from the formation of the voting bloc, whether being part of it or stepping out is most advantageous for an individual agent and what are the different optimal internal voting rules to aggregate preferences within the coalition.

Additional Information

This work has benefited from valuable comments and suggestions by Matthew Jackson and by Paul Healy, Jonathan Katz, Jana Kunicova, Laurent Mathevet, Thomas Palfrey and Choi Kwok Pui. Their contribution is gratefully acknowledged.

Attached Files

Accepted Version - sswp1208.pdf

Files

sswp1208.pdf
Files (398.4 kB)
Name Size Download all
md5:05f035d751bf0be46d5054e1b61b9376
398.4 kB Preview Download

Additional details

Created:
August 19, 2023
Modified:
January 14, 2024