2 papers
econ.TH2025
No Midcost Democracy
Hans Gersbach, Arthur Schichl, Oriol Tejada
Which level of voting costs is optimal in a democracy? This paper argues that intermediate voting costs - what we term a "Midcost democracy" - should be avoided, as they fail to en…
cs.GT2017
Sophisticated Attacks on Decoy Ballots: The Devil's Menu and the Market for Lemons
Hans Gersbach, Akaki Mamageishvili, Oriol Tejada
Decoy ballots do not count in election outcomes, but otherwise they are indistinguishable from real ballots. By means of a game-theoretical model, we show that decoy ballots may no…