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The author would like to acknowledge the assistance of William C. Mitchell for help in germinating and specifying the empirical test. In addition Parkes Riley, Jerry F. Medler and Lawrence C. Pierce provided insightful criticisms on an earlier draft of this paper.
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Smith, J.W. A clear test of rational voting. Public Choice 23, 55–67 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718090
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