A nail-biting election

Citation
Sj. Brams et Pc. Fishburn, A nail-biting election, SOC CHOICE, 18(3), 2001, pp. 409-414
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE
ISSN journal
01761714 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
409 - 414
Database
ISI
SICI code
0176-1714(200107)18:3<409:ANE>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
In the first competitive election for President of the Social Choice and We lfare Society, the (official) approval-voting winner differed from the (hyp othetical) Borda count winner, who was also the Condorcet winner. But becau se the election was essentially a toss-up, it is impossible to say who shou ld have won. The election for Council was more true to form of other profes sional-society elections, with the winners identical, and even their rankin gs almost duplicative, under both voting systems.