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  1. Is diversity in capabilities desirable when adding decision makers?Ruth Ben-Yashar & Shmuel Nitzan - 2017 - Theory and Decision 82 (3):395-402.
    When the benefit of making a correct decision is sufficiently high, even a slight increase in the probability of making such a decision justifies an increase in the number of decision makers. Applying a standard uncertain dichotomous choice benchmark setting, this study focuses on the relative desirability of two alternatives: adding individuals with capabilities identical to the existing ones and adding identical individuals with mean-preserving capabilities that depend on the states of nature. Our main result establishes that when the group (...)
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  • An application of simple majority rule to a group with an even number of voters.Ruth Ben-Yashar - 2022 - Theory and Decision 94 (1):83-95.
    In the basic model of Condorcet’s jury theorem and in the literature that follows, an odd-numbered group of voters is assumed so that the simple majority rule can be used. We show that this assumption is not necessary either in Condorcet’s basic model or in the general framework of dichotomous choice. We first apply simple majority rule to an even-numbered homogeneous fixed-size committee. We then provide a justification for using simple majority rule for an even-numbered heterogeneous fixed-size committee when the (...)
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