Breaking the (Puerto Rican Condorcet) Cycle

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F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico; University of Central Florida

Date Written: April 15, 2019

Abstract

This essay contributes to the literature on Puerto Rico’s constitutional and political status by diagnosing as the decades-old impasse over Puerto Rico’s status as Condorcet cycle and by proposing a simple voting method for aggregating the political status preferences of Puerto Rico voters.

Keywords: Condorcet cycle, Bayesian voting, Puerto Rico

JEL Classification: D71, D72, H77

Suggested Citation

Guerra-Pujol, F. E., Breaking the (Puerto Rican Condorcet) Cycle (April 15, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2817959 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2817959

F. E. Guerra-Pujol (Contact Author)

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico ( email )

University of Central Florida ( email )

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