A note on measuring voters’ responsibility
Felsenthal, D. S. & Machover, M.
(2009).
A note on measuring voters’ responsibility.
Homo Oeconomicus,
26(2), 259-271.
We consider a singular event of the following form: in a simple voting game, a particular division of the voters resulted in a positive outcome. We propose a plausible measure that quantifies the causal contribution of any given voter to the outcome. This measure is based on a conceptual analysis due to Braham [1], but differs from his solution to the problem of measuring causality of singular events.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2009 The Authors |
| Departments | LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences (CPNSS) |
| Date Deposited | 15 Apr 2008 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/4296 |
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