The Condorcet efficiency of Borda Rule with anonymous voters

Mathematical social sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-50

  Gehrlein, William V ^a   Lepelley, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Borda Rule; Condorcet efficiency; D72

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002598706     PISSN: 01654896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4896(00)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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