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A strong paradox of multiple elections

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  • Marco Scarsini

    (Dipartimento di Scienze, UniversitÁ D'Annunzio, Viale Pindaro 42, I-65127 Pescara, Italy)

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We consider a stronger version of the paradox of multiple elections and show that it is possible that not only the winning combination of propositions, but also all the combinations sufficiently close to it, receive zero votes.

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  • Marco Scarsini, 1998. "A strong paradox of multiple elections," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 15(2), pages 237-238.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sochwe:v:15:y:1998:i:2:p:237-238
    Note: Received: 8 April 1997/Accepted: 18 April 1997
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    5. Gilbert Laffond & Jean Lainé, 2008. "The Budget-Voting Paradox," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 64(4), pages 447-478, June.

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