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Get Rid of Unanimity Rule: The Superiority of Majority Rules with Veto Power

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  • Laurent Bouton
  • Aniol Llorente-Saguer
  • Frédéric Malherbe

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We study unanimous decision making under incomplete information. We argue that unanimous decision rules are not all equivalent. We show that majority rules with veto power are (i) Pareto superior to commonly used unanimous rules and (ii) ex ante efficient in a broad class of situations.

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  • Laurent Bouton & Aniol Llorente-Saguer & Frédéric Malherbe, 2018. "Get Rid of Unanimity Rule: The Superiority of Majority Rules with Veto Power," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 126(1), pages 107-149.
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    DOI: 10.1086/695477
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