Consequences of the condorcet jury theorem for beneficial information aggregation by rational agents

American Political Science Review

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 413-418

  McLennan, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0032220650     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2585673     Document Type: Article

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