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For ann-member body making dichotomous decisions, decision rules can be formulated as simple games. Of all possible decision rules, majority rule maximizes the average reponsiveness of the body to individual preferences. It is the unique decision rule which does this whenn is odd, but not whenn is even. Other conditions limit the choice of decision rules whenn is even.
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Straffin, P.D. Majority rule and general decision rules. Theor Decis 8, 351–360 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00141532
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00141532