On the merit of non-specialization in the context of majority voting

Eyal Baharad; Ruth Ben-Yashar; Tal Patal

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2020.01.002

On the merit of non-specialization in the context of majority voting

Eyal Baharad, Ruth Ben-Yashar, Tal Patal

Department of Economics

Bar-Ilan University

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Abstract

This study shows that independence between voters’ skills and states of nature improves the majority voting efficiency relative to the case when such independence does not exist. This implies that specialization (state of nature wise) is not advantageous under the simple majority rule.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	128-133
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Mathematical Economics
Volume	87
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2020.01.002
State	Published - Mar 2020

Keywords

Binary choice
CJT
Collective probability
Simple majority rule
Specialization
Voting

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Economics and Econometrics
Applied Mathematics

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