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An introduction to Allan Gibbard’s oligarchy theorem paper

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This note provides an introduction to the accompanying previously unpublished paper by Allan Gibbard in which he establishes his oligarchy theorem. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

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  • John Weymark, 2014. "An introduction to Allan Gibbard’s oligarchy theorem paper," Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 18(1), pages 1-2, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:reecde:v:18:y:2014:i:1:p:1-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s10058-014-0157-2
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    1. Gibbard, Allan F., 2014. "Social Choice And The Arrow Conditions," Economics and Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 30(3), pages 269-284, November.
    2. Amartya Sen, 1969. "Quasi-Transitivity, Rational Choice and Collective Decisions," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 36(3), pages 381-393.
    3. Weymark, John A., 2014. "An Introduction To Allan Gibbard’S Harvard Seminar Paper," Economics and Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 30(3), pages 263-268, November.
    4. Guha, Ashok, 1972. "Neutrality, Monotonicity, and the Right of Veto," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 40(5), pages 821-826, September.
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    1. Piggins, Ashley & Duddy, Conal, 2016. "Oligarchy and soft incompleteness," MPRA Paper 72392, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Conal Duddy & Ashley Piggins, 2018. "On some oligarchy results when social preference is fuzzy," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 51(4), pages 717-735, December.
    3. Piggins, Ashley, 2017. "Sen’s proofs of the Arrow and Gibbard theorems," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 161(C), pages 99-101.
    4. Juan C. Candeal, 2023. "Social evaluation functionals with an arbitrary set of alternatives," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 95(2), pages 255-271, August.

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    Keywords

    Allan Gibbard; Oligarchy theorem; D71;
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    JEL classification:

    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations

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