[EM] using welfare functions in election methods

[Stephen Turner]

Nice to see a discussion of welfare in this context.
Can we confirm that "welfare" is a synonym for
"utility"?

A starting model would be: given a voting system which
is sufficiently expressive (perhaps a range system),
assume that everyone just votes their welfare
directly, and see where that gets us.  [Of course this
wouldn´t do in practice.]

Also, there must be quite a literature on the
application of these ideas to voting.  Are you able to
point us at one?

Is anyone able to write an Electowiki page
(or point us to an existing place) about the
relationship between voting and utility/welfare?
There seems to be nothing on the usual sites.

It would be useful to have a summary of
the evidence on:
- the relevance of utility
- its measurability
- relationship between utility and actual vote cast. 
--
Stephen




		
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