3 papers
econ.TH2025
Voting with Random Proposers: Two Rounds May Suffice
Hans Gersbach, Kremena Valkanova
This paper introduces the Voting with Random Proposers (VRP) procedure to address the challenges of agenda manipulation in voting. In each round of VRP, a randomly selected propose…
econ.TH2024
Markov Stochastic Choice
Kremena Valkanova
We examine the effect of item arrangement on choices using a novel decision-making model based on the Markovian exploration of choice sets. This model is inspired by experimental e…
cs.CY2024
Irrelevant Alternatives Bias Large Language Model Hiring Decisions
Kremena Valkanova, Pencho Yordanov
We investigate whether LLMs display a well-known human cognitive bias, the attraction effect, in hiring decisions. The attraction effect occurs when the presence of an inferior can…