Clarke-Groves: Allocation of a Public Good
Three or more players have to tell the government how much monetary gain
a certain option (A or B) would bring them. The government collects these
numbers (votes) and chooses the one whose sum of all monetary gains is the largest.
To avoid the obvious temptation to cheat, the government asks for some
"taxes" according to the following rule: Consider Player Beth. If the result for
the vote would have been the same without Beth's votes, then she doesn't
have to pay any taxes. Otherwise, if her vote was substantial, she has to pay
the difference between the sum of votes which existed without Beth's votes.
More links