A short step between democracy and dictatorship

DOI10.1007/S11238-011-9244-9zbMATH Open1243.91041OpenAlexW2117559461MaRDI QIDQ430146FDOQ430146

Authors: Antonio Quesada 

Publication date: 20 June 2012

Published in: Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/19455/1/MPRA_paper_19455.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

majoritysocial welfare functionunanimityaxiomatic characterizationdictatorshiptwo alternatives

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14) Voting theory (91B12) Welfare economics (91B15)

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