[EM] I was wrong
Alex Small
asmall at physics.ucsb.edu
Fri Apr 5 18:24:56 PST 2002
Given:
25 A>B>C
49 B>A>C
26 C>A>B
A is Condorcet winner. Say all members of faction vote same way, so there
are 3 players.
Say 25 vote A and B, 49 vote B, 26 vote C. B wins.
If the A>B>C faction withdraws its support for B then B still wins.
If the C faction also votes for A candidate B still wins.
This is a Nash equilibrium that did not elect the Condorcet candidate.
Nash equilibria and the existence of Condorcet winners have no definitive
link, although I suspect that if you enumerated all possible Nash
equilibria for any situation (treating all factions as single players) most
Nash equilibria would elect the CW. Still, everything I said 24 hours ago
was bull.
Alex
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