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Get Rid of Unanimity Rule: The Superiority of Majority Rules with Veto Power

Bouton, L; Llorente-Saguer, A; Malherbe, F; (2018) Get Rid of Unanimity Rule: The Superiority of Majority Rules with Veto Power. Journal of Political Economy , 126 (1) pp. 107-149. 10.1086/695477. Green open access

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Abstract

We study unanimous decision making under incomplete information. We argue that unanimous decision rules are not all equivalent. We show that majority rules with veto power are (i) Pareto superior to commonly used unanimous rules and (ii) ex ante efficient in a broad class of situations.

Type: Article
Title: Get Rid of Unanimity Rule: The Superiority of Majority Rules with Veto Power
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1086/695477
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/695477
Language: English
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > UCL School of Management
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10055451
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