What's so special about Euclidean distance? A characterization with applications to mobility and spatial voting

DOI10.1007/S00355-008-0353-5zbMATH Open1190.91045OpenAlexW1534647609MaRDI QIDQ839617FDOQ839617

Authors Marcello D'Agostino, Valentino Dardanoni

Publication date 2 September 2009

Published in Social Choice and Welfare (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-008-0353-5

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Voting theory (91B12) Spatial models in economics (91B72)

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