Information aggregation in Poisson elections
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The modern Condorcet jury theorem states that under weak conditions, when voters have common interests, elections will aggregate information the population is large, in any equilibrium. Here, we study performance of large with uncertainty. We find holds if and only expected number independent state. If depends on state, then additional equilibria exist which not aggregated. main driving force that, everything else equal, are more likely to be pivotal small.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Theoretical Economics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1555-7561', '1933-6837']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3982/te3849