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The probability of intransitive majority rule

An empirical study

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The author is Chairman, Economics and Educational Planning Group, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. The work reported here was supported by National Science Foundation Grant GS-2874-A1 to the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences, Stanford University, and the data upon which the results are based are available from the Editor ofPublic Choice.

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Jamison, D.T. The probability of intransitive majority rule. Public Choice 23, 87–94 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718094

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