The finagle point and the epsilon-core

A comment on Bräuninger’s proof

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ID6299715
AuthorsCraig A Tovey (0000-0002-1274-909X, Georgia Tech School of ISyE, USA, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume23
Issue1
Pages135-139
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Theoretical Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-6298 • E-ISSN: 1460-3667
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0951629810390901
OpenAlexW2071543484
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

The finagle point, the epsilon-core, and the yolk are all predictors of majority-rule decision-making in spatial voting models. These predictors each minimize a radius needed in some sense to alter preferences so as to achieve stability. Brauninger showed that the finagle radius is never smaller than the epsilon-core radius, and claimed that the finagle point is within the epsilon core. This article shows that the finagle radius is sandwiched in between the epsilon-core and yolk radii, and that there is a significant logical gap in Brauninger’s proof that the finagle point is within the epsilon-core. This article also examines Brauninger’s other conclusions in view of an inaccurate computation of the yolk, and shows that they are valid all the more so

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