Characterizing majority rule: from profiles to societies

DOI10.1016/j.econlet.2004.05.003zbMath1254.91124MaRDI QIDQ1927627

Adrian Miroiu

Publication date: 1 January 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2004.05.003

zbMATH Keywords

Pareto; majority rule; responsiveness; null society

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B12: Voting theory

91D10: Models of societies, social and urban evolution

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