Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177091 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11287
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We determine the scoring rule that is most likely to select a high-ability candidate. A major result is that neither the widely used plurality rule nor the inverse-plurality rule are ever optimal, and that the Borda rule is hardly ever optimal. Furthermore, we show that only the almost-plurality, the almost-inverse-plurality, and the almost-Borda rule can be optimal. Which of the "almost" rules is optimal depends on the likelihood that a candidate has high ability and how likely committee members are to correctly identify the abilities of the different candidates.
Subjects: 
committee decisions
scoring rules
"almost" voting rules
JEL: 
D71
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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