An Experimental Study of Strategic Voting and Accuracy of Verdicts with Sequential and Simultaneous Voting

In a model of simultaneous voting, Feddersen and Pesendorfer (1998) consider the possibility that jurors vote strategically, rather than sincerely reflecting their individual information. This results in counterintuitive result jury is more likely to convict innocent under unanimity rule majority rule. Dekel Piccione (2000) show those unintuitive predictions also hold with sequential voting. this paper, we report paired experiments voting Observed behavior varies significantly depending on whether juries simultaneously or sequence. We find evidence subjects use information inferred from prior votes making decisions, but implied by being pivotal does not seem be reliably processed.