Information, individual errors, and collective performance: Empirical evidence on the Condorcet Jury Theorem

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-228

  Miller, Nicholas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective performance; Condorcet Jury Theorem; Individual errors; Information; Majority rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344473842     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02400944     Document Type: Article

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