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Elections generate all binary relations on infinite sets

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Every binary relation on an infinite set can be represented by an election in which each voter’s preferences are quasi-transitive and complete (except possibly not reflexive) and in which the electorate has smaller cardinality than or the same cardinality as the set of alternatives, depending on the cardinality of that set.

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  • Knoblauch, Vicki, 2016. "Elections generate all binary relations on infinite sets," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 105-108.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:matsoc:v:84:y:2016:i:c:p:105-108
    DOI: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2016.10.002
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    1. Vicki Knoblauch, 2020. "Von Neumann–Morgenstern stable set rationalization of choice functions," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 89(3), pages 369-381, October.

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