BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:677224d56b0c71fa1356e29cfd6d08ed CATEGORIES:Lecture / Reading / Talk CREATED:20211120T121114 SUMMARY:"The Dark Side of the Vote: Biased Voters, Social Information, and Information Aggregation Through Majority Voting" - A Talk by Rebecca Morton, New York University - Abu Dhabi LOCATION:Ramanujan 001 DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS) Nuffield - FLAME Univers ity is pleased to welcome Rebecca Morton, Professor of Politics at NYU Abu Dhabi. Professor Morton will be presenting her work titled "The Dark Side o f the Vote: Biased Voters, Social Information, and Information Aggregation Through Majority Voting."\n\n\nAbstract:\n We experimentally investigate in formation aggregation through majority voting when voters are biased. In su ch situations, majority voting can have a "dark side," that is, result in g roups making choices inferior to those made by individuals acting alone. In line with theoretical predictions, information on the popularity of policy choices is beneficial when a minority of voters is biased, but harmful whe n a majority is biased. In theory, information on the success of policy cho ices elsewhere de-biases voters and alleviates the inefficiency. However, i n the experiment, providing social information on success is ineffective an d does not sufficiently de-bias voters.\n\n\nBio:\n Professor Rebecca Morto n's research focuses on voting processes as well as experimental methods. S he is the author or co-author of four books on elections and experimental m ethods in political science published by W.W. Norton, University of Michiga n Press, and Cambridge University Press. Professor Morton has been a Visiti ng Fellow at Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at the Woodrow Wil son School, Princeton University and has organized numerous international c onferences on experimental political science and and experimental social sc iences winter schools. Her research work has also appeared in many noted pe er-reviewed outlets such as the American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Politics, and Review of Economic Studies. Professor Morton holds an MPA from Louisiana State University and a PhD in Economics from Tulane University.\n\n\nFor more information about Professor Morton, p lease visit this website.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS) Nuffield - FLAME Univ ersity is pleased to welcome Rebecca Morton, Professor of Politics at NYU A bu Dhabi. Professor Morton will be presenting her work titled "The Dark Sid e of the Vote: Biased Voters, Social Information, and Information Aggregati on Through Majority Voting."


Abstract:
We experiment ally investigate information aggregation through majority voting when voter s are biased. In such situations, majority voting can have a "dark side," t hat is, result in groups making choices inferior to those made by individua ls acting alone. In line with theoretical predictions, information on the p opularity of policy choices is beneficial when a minority of voters is bias ed, but harmful when a majority is biased. In theory, information on the su ccess of policy choices elsewhere de-biases voters and alleviates the ineff iciency. However, in the experiment, providing social information on succes s is ineffective and does not sufficiently de-bias voters.


Bio:
Professor Rebecca Morton's research focuses on voting processes as well as experimental methods. She is the author or co-author of four bo oks on elections and experimental methods in political science published by W.W. Norton, University of Michigan Press, and Cambridge University Press. Professor Morton has been a Visiting Fellow at Center for the Study of Dem ocratic Politics at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University and has organized numerous international conferences on experimental political sci ence and and experimental social sciences winter schools. Her research work has also appeared in many noted peer-reviewed outlets such as the American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Politics, and Rev iew of Economic Studies. Professor Morton holds an MPA from Louisiana State University and a PhD in Economics from Tulane University.


For more information about Professor Morton, please visit this website.

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