title: Elections, information aggregation, and strategic voting.
abstract: A central role of elections is the aggregation of information dispersed within a population. This article surveys recent work on elections as mechanisms for aggregating information and on the incentives for voters to vote strategically in such elections.
authors.affiliation: J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-2009, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Feddersen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pesendorfer