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T1 Measuring consensus and voter influence in ternary preferences
A1 Albano, Alessandro
A1 García Lapresta, José Luis
A1 Plaia, Antonella
A1 Sciandra, Mariangela
K1 Ternary preferences
K1 Banzhaf value
K1 Preferencias ternarias
K1 Valor de Banzhaf
K1 5308 Economía General
AB This paper explores the concept of consensus in the context of ternary preferences, an extension of dichotomous preference approvals, where alternatives are classified into three categories: acceptable, neutral, and unacceptable.We propose a novel distance-based measure to quantify consensus among voters and introduce a method for calculating the marginal contribution of each voter to the overall consensus, drawing parallels to the Banzhaf value in cooperative game theory. To handle large voter groups, we also present an estimation procedure based on sampling techniques to derive the marginal contributions. We performed comprehensive simulation studies to validate the statistical properties and computational efficiency of the proposed approach. Finally, empirical analyses using data from the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) and the Balkan Barometer highlight its practical applicability.
PB Elsevier
SN 0377-2217
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/80933
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/80933
LA eng
NO European Journal of Operational Research, 2025 In Press.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 14-ene-2026