Reliability of Information Aggregation with Regional Biases: A Note |
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Authors: | Martina Behm Hans Peter Grüner |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Economics,Universt?t Mannheim,Mannheim,Germany;2.Department of Economics,Universt?t Mannheim,Mannheim,Germany;3.CEPR,London,UK |
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Abstract: | Is there a rationale for an electoral college system or do these voting systems always waste useful information? This paper studies this question in a setup in which voting is supposed to aggregate decentralized information about individual preferences for two candidates. Individual perceptions may be affected by regional information. When such regional information plays a major role, an electoral college system may be superior to simple majority voting. |
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Keywords: | information aggregation democracy electoral college popular vote |
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