Political Economy of Committee Voting and Its Application

This dissertation consists of three essays on information aggregation in committees and its application. The first essay analyzes how the distribution of votes affects the accuracy of group decisions. In a weighted voting system, votes are typically assigned based on the criteria that are unrelated...

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Main Author: Takagi, Yuki
Other Authors: Shepsle, Kenneth A.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10910
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11124827