A comparison of cumulative voting and generalized plurality voting

Public Choice

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 363-383

  Cooper, Duane ^a   Zillante, Arthur ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative voting; Generalized plurality voting; Laboratory experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755187098     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9707-5     Document Type: Article

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