5 papers
Fact-Finding in Social Networks
Boris Ginzburg
This paper models voters who invest effort to determine whether a particular claim relevant to their voting choices is correct. If a voter succeeds in determining whether the claim…
A Flexible Measure of Voter Polarization
Boris Ginzburg
This paper introduces a definition of ideological polarization of an electorate around a particular central point. By being flexible about the location or width of the center, this…
Comparing Electoral Polarization Levels
Boris Ginzburg
This paper introduces a definition of ideological polarization of an electorate around a particular central point. The definition is flexible about the location or boundaries of th…
Voting behind the Veil of Ignorance
Boris Ginzburg
A committee consisting of two factions is considering a project whose distributive consequences are unknown. This uncertainty can be resolved at some unknown future time. By delayi…
2013 Unit Vectors in the Plane
Imre Barany, Boris D. Ginzburg, Victor S. Grinberg
Given a norm on the plane and 2013 unit vectors in this norm, there is a signed sum of these vectors whose norm is at most one.