Arrow's theorem with a fixed feasible alternative (Q1090212): Difference between revisions

Arrow's theorem, in its social choice function formulation, assumes that all nonempty finite subsets of the universal set of alteratives is potentially a feasible set. We demonstrate that the axioms in Arrow's theorem, with weak Pareto strengthened to strong Pareto, are consistent if it is assumed that there is a prespecified alternative which is in very feasible set. We further show that if the collection of feasible sets consists of all subsets of alternatives containing a prespecified list of alternatives and if there are at least three additional alternatives not on this list, replacing nondictatorship by anonymity results in an impossibility theorem.