[EM] Eric Maskin promotes the Black method

[Markus Schulze]

Hallo,

here are more videos by Eric Maskin:

11 Jun 2009: http://www.carloalberto.unito.it/videos/maskin/maskin3.flv
11 Dec 2009: http://vimeo.com/8244440
19 May 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un135dexx_Y

In one of his lectures, Maskin claims that the
"American Economic Association" (AEA) has adopted
the Black method for the election of Distinguished
Fellows. I have checked the AEA website. It says
(http://www.aeaweb.org/minutes/09Apr24minExec.pdf):

 > The first position is filled by the candidate who
 > beats the most other candidates in head-to-head
 > match-ups (according to the voters' rankings).
 > The next position is filled by the candidate who
 > beats the second-most other candidates, and so on.
 > A tie can be broken in favor of the candidate who
 > gets the most first place votes.

In my opinion, this doesn't sound like the Black
method. This rather sounds like the Copeland method
with plurality voting as tie-breaker.

Markus Schulze