Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/167717 
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Year of Publication: 
2015
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[Journal:] Economies [ISSN:] 2227-7099 [Volume:] 3 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] MDPI [Place:] Basel [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 2-36
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MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
In this paper, the differences between two variations of proportional representation (PR), open-list PR and closed-list PR, are analyzed in terms of their ability to accurately reflect voter preference. The single nontransferable vote (SNTV) is also included in the comparison as a benchmark. We construct a model of voting equilibria with a candidate who is least preferred by voters in the sense that replacing the least-preferred candidate in the set of winners with any loser is Pareto improving, and our focus is on whether the least-preferred candidate wins under each electoral system. We demonstrate that the least-preferred candidate never wins under the SNTV, but can win under open-list PR, although this is less likely than winning under closed-list PR.
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open list
closed list
proportional representation
single nontransferable vote
voting equilibria
JEL: 
D27
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