The probability of a Condorcet winner with a small number of voters

Economics Letters

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-321

  Gehrlein, William V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Condorcet's Paradox; D72; Probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032370250     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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