A new characterization of the majority rule

DOI10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00145-9zbMath1254.91130OpenAlexW2159209724MaRDI QIDQ1927374

Gerhard J. Woeginger

Publication date: 1 January 2013

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-1765(03)00145-9

zbMATH Keywords

Paretomajority ruleIIA

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Voting theory (91B12) Social choice (91B14)

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