Re: More Election Related

After looking at this piece of evidence you could say that the Bush team on the other hand failed to use the tool that was clearly available to them.  Instead they seemed to bask in the finality of their victory instead of seeking a stronger case than the one they had.  You gotta be on the ball in

More Election Related

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Re: The Empirical Relevance of Arrow

Since Alex has been bringing up Arrow's Theorem, here's a question I'd like to put forward: Does political intransivity ever matter much in the real world? Are there are policies that exist that would lose a pairwise contest with quite different policies? If so, what are they? If not, what is

Arrow (was Pat Buchanan Stats)

On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, Alex Tabarrok wrote: 1. The reason that > dictatorship is the only choice function consistent with Arrow's other > assumptions is that a dictator is an individual! > and 2. If you place the election in the > larger context of a two-stage process in which the parties cho

Re: Buchanan Palm Beach Statistics

Alex, The real meaning of Arrow's theorem is that group choice is not *at all* like individual choice. You are correct that the theorem states that only a dictatorial choice function is consistent with Arrow's list of assumptions such as IIA. But the point is that when you abandon these as

Re: Buchanan Palm Beach Statistics

Bill, Regarding looking at the ballots, remember there are two issues of concern, the supposedly large number of Buchanan votes and the double-punched ballot - the latter has nothing to do with the former (i.e. the double-punched ballots are spoiled and do not contribute to Buchanan's tota

Re: Buchanan Palm Beach Statistics

Dan wrote: >First, the first document ("buchanan.doc") states that Gore was listed >under the Reform slate while Buchanan was listed under the Dems. That's >just not true; see >. I am very ashamed of myself. I have been privately compl

Intellectual Property (once again)

Dear Armchair economists, a few days ago, I had a discussion with a german economist who obviously had never heard about libertarian ideas. We discussed Intellectual Property, and he took the common arguments to defend it: * he talked about using simple models, and then proceeded with one th

Re: Buchanan Palm Beach Statistics

On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 10:32:46AM +0100, Girard wrote: > The only problem with the use of gambling in making decisions is that it > does not give much authority to those choosen. And an American President > without authority is not worth much. How is that a problem? [ François-René ÐVB Rideau |

Re: Buchanan Palm Beach Statistics

Alex Tabarrok a *crit : > The truth is that what we care about, in this case > especially, is not that the will of the people be done but that > something be done to bring an end to the uncertainty. My view is that > we should toss a coin. (Yes, I am serious. An interesting question is > whet