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Penrose voting system and optimal quota [PDF]
, 2006 Systems of indirect voting based on the principle of qualified majority can be analysed using the methods of game theory. In particular, this applies to the voting system in the Council of the European Union, which was recently a subject of a vivid ...
Slomczynski, Wojciech, Zyczkowski, Karol
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Jurnal Public Policy, 2022 E-Voting is an innovation in the village-level electoral (Pilkades) process carried out simultaneously in Magetan Regency for the first time in 2019. The purpose of this study was to describe the implementation of E-Voting elections using the theory of ...
Desi Rachawati +2 more
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Mathematical Programming formulations for the efficient solution of the $k$-sum approval voting problem [PDF]
, 2017 In this paper we address the problem of electing a committee among a set of $m$ candidates and on the basis of the preferences of a set of $n$ voters.
Ponce, Diego +3 more
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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Rationality, affect, and vote choice
Frontiers in Political ScienceIntroductionAlthough both rational choice theory and emotion provide some explanatory power for individual voting behavior, few studies to date have simultaneously examined the effects of rationality (cognition) and emotion (affect) on vote choice.
Costas Panagopoulos, Ching-Hsing Wang
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Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, 2023 In competitive political contexts, sustaining power is the ultimate goal for political parties. Nominating celebrity politicians can be a double-edged sword for parent brands in attracting votes and influencing voting intention. This study contributes to
Maya A. BouNassif +2 more
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ON SOME PARADOXES IN VOTING THEORY
, 2021 We present some paradoxes concerning voting theory - both ap-portionment methods and elections of a winner. All the examples in the paperwere constructed by the author. Mathematical background of some votingmethods is explained. Also, the fundamental results on voting theory concern-ing the nonexistence of fair methods with some historical remarks are ...
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A Theory of Voting Equilibria [PDF]
American Political Science Review, 1993 A voting equilibrium arises when the voters in an electorate, acting in accordance with both their preferences for the candidates and their perceptions of the relative chances of various pairs of candidates being in contention for victory, generate an election result that justifies their perceptions.
Roger B. Myerson, Robert J. Weber
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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo +3 more
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