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Heuristic voting under the Alternative Vote: the efficiency of "sour grapes" behavior

Laslier, Jean-François

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Abstract

This theoretical paper contrasts two voting heuristics: overstating and replacing. Under the Alternative Vote, overstatement is inefficient but replacement is efficient. The paper argues that the "replacing" manipulation corresponds to a psychologically and politically plausible voter behavior.

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