Abstract
In this note, we formulate a condition describing the vulnerability of a social choice function to a specific kind of strategic behavior and show that two well known classes of choice functions suffer from it.
Keywords
Condorcet; Departing Voter Paradox; Backward Induction;
JEL codes
- D71: Social Choice • Clubs • Committees • Associations
- D72: Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Reference
Michel Le Breton, “The Condorcet Principle Implies the Proxy Voting Paradox”, TSE Working Paper, n. 16-619, February 2016.