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Uniformly bounded information and social choice

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  • Campbell, Donald E.
  • Kelly, Jerry S.

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The set of alternatives is infinite. If social welfare function f satisfies the Pareto criterion and there is a positive integer [beta] such that for each pair of alternatives, {a,b}, there exists a set S(a,b) of at most [beta] alternatives such that a and b can be socially ordered on the basis of the profile of preferences restricted to just S(a,b), then there are arbitrarily large finite subsets of X within which f is dictatorial on a rich sub-domain of profiles.

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  • Campbell, Donald E. & Kelly, Jerry S., 2009. "Uniformly bounded information and social choice," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 45(7-8), pages 415-421, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:mateco:v:45:y:2009:i:7-8:p:415-421
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