It is shown that, for a suitably chosen probability function, the maximum likelihood rule for vote aggregation coincides with the Borda rule, thus, partially reconciling the Borda and the Condorcet methods.
Strategic voting and the borda method
β Scribed by William G. Ludwin
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 255 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0048-5829
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