Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/74640 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Bonn Econ Discussion Papers No. 02/2013
Publisher: 
University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes truthtelling incentives in pre-vote communication in heterogeneous committees. We generalize the classical Condorcet jury model by introducing a new informational structure that captures consistency of information. In contrast to the impossibility result shown by Coughlan (2000) for the classical model, full pooling of information followed by sincere voting is an equilibrium outcome of our model for a large set of parameter values implying the possibility of ex post conflict between committee members. Furthermore, abandonning the assumption of sincere voting, we characterize necessary and sufficient conditions for the implementability of the first best decision rule via truthful equilibria.
Subjects: 
Communication
Committees
Voting
JEL: 
D72
D82
D83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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