scholarly journals The Probability of a Cyclical Majority

Econometrica ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank DeMeyer ◽  
Charles R. Plott
Keyword(s):  
Cyclical Majority

A note on a cyclical majority problem

Public Choice ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Klingaman
Keyword(s):  
Cyclical Majority

The cyclical majority problem

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Pomeranz ◽  
Roman L. Weil
Keyword(s):  
Cyclical Majority

Vote Trading and the Voting Paradox: A Proof of Logical Equivalence

1975 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 954-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
David H. Koehler
Keyword(s):  
Voting Paradox ◽  
Logical Equivalence ◽  
Cyclical Majority ◽  
Vote Trading ◽  
The Impact

Riker and Brams have demonstrated the paradox of vote trading (“… that rational trades by all members [may] make everyone worse off”). In so doing the authors indicate the existence of an apparent disequilibrium when vote trading occurs. I extend this latter point and prove that the preference conditions required for vote trading are the same as those which produce the cyclical majority; the conditions for vote trading and the cyclical majority are logically equivalent. The conclusion briefly indicates the impact of this finding with respect to the work of a number of other authors and gives some idea of the restrictions which would be required to eliminate vote trading among rational legislators.

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