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Unanimous, reducible, anonymous social choice

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  • Antonio Quesada

    (Universitat Rovira i Virgili)

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The problem of aggregating preferences over two alternatives is considered. Three axioms are postulated: unanimity, reducibility (two divergent preferences can be replaced by their aggregation), and anonymity. It is shown that only twelve aggregation rules satisfy the three axioms: the majority rule, two myopic majority rules, three dictated rules (rules that almost always output the same outcome), and six hierarchically dictated rules (the output is determined by some priority ranking among outcomes).

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  • Antonio Quesada, 2012. "Unanimous, reducible, anonymous social choice," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 32(1), pages 242-250.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-11-00475
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    Keywords

    Social welfare function; majority rule; axiomatic characterization; two alternatives.;
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    • D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making

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