Open AccessCondorcet meets Ellsberg
Author(s) -
Ellis Andrew
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
theoretical economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.404
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1555-7561
pISSN - 1933-6837
DOI - 10.3982/te1284
Subject(s) - condorcet method , mathematical economics , ambiguity , economics , expected utility hypothesis , voting , utility maximization , mathematics , computer science , politics , political science , law , programming language
The Condorcet Jury Theorem states that given subjective expected utility maximization and common values, the equilibrium probability that the correct candidate wins goes to 1 as the size of the electorate goes to infinity. This paper studies strategic voting when voters have pure common values but may be ambiguity averse—exhibit Ellsberg‐type behavior—as modeled by maxmin expected utility preferences. It provides sufficient conditions so that the equilibrium probability of the correct candidate winning the election is bounded above by 1⁄2 in at least one state. As a consequence, there is no equilibrium in which information aggregates.