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Borda's rule, positional voting, and Condorcet's simple majority principle

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  1. Department of Management Science and Organizational Behavior, College of Business Administration, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

    William V. Gehrlein

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This research was supported by the National Science Foundation.

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Fishburn, P.C., Gehrlein, W.V. Borda's rule, positional voting, and Condorcet's simple majority principle. Public Choice 28, 79–88 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718459

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