Hallo, here are more videos by Eric Maskin:
11 Jun 2009: http://www.carloalberto.unito.it/videos/maskin/maskin3.flv 11 Dec 2009: http://vimeo.com/8244440 19 May 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un135dexx_Y In one of his lectures, Maskin claims that the "American Economic Association" (AEA) has adopted the Black method for the election of Distinguished Fellows. I have checked the AEA website. It says (http://www.aeaweb.org/minutes/09Apr24minExec.pdf): > The first position is filled by the candidate who > beats the most other candidates in head-to-head > match-ups (according to the voters' rankings). > The next position is filled by the candidate who > beats the second-most other candidates, and so on. > A tie can be broken in favor of the candidate who > gets the most first place votes. In my opinion, this doesn't sound like the Black method. This rather sounds like the Copeland method with plurality voting as tie-breaker. Markus Schulze ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
