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When is Condorcet's Jury Theorem valid?

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Existing proofs of Condorcet's Jury Theorem formulate only sufficient conditions for its validity. This paper provides necessary and sufficient conditions for Condorcet's Jury Theorem. The framework of the analysis is the case of heterogeneous decisional competence, but the independence assumption is maintained.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel, , , , , , IL

    Daniel Berend

  2. Department of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel, , , , , , IL

    Jacob Paroush

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Received: 23 January 1997/Accepted: 8 March 1997

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Berend, D., Paroush, J. When is Condorcet's Jury Theorem valid?. Soc Choice Welfare 15, 481–488 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003550050118

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