INSTABILITY AND CONVERGENCE UNDER SIMPLE-MAJORITY RULE: RESULTS FORM SIMULATION OF COMMITTEE CHOICE IN TOW-DIMENSIONAL SPACE

摘要

Nondeterministic models of collective choice posit convergence among the outcomes of simple-majority decisions. The object of this research is to estimate the extent of convergence of majority choice under different proced- ural conditions. The paper reports results from a computer simulation of simple- majority decision making by committees. Simulation experiments generate dis- tributions of majority-adopted proposals in two-dimensional space.