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The socially acceptable scoring rule

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  • Muhammad Mahajne

    (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Oscar Volij

    (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)

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We say that an alternative is socially acceptable if the number of individuals that rank it among their most preferred half of the alternatives is at least as large as the number of individuals that rank it among the least preferred half. We show that there exists a unique scoring rule that always selects a subset of socially acceptable alternatives.

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  • Muhammad Mahajne & Oscar Volij, 2018. "The socially acceptable scoring rule," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 51(2), pages 223-233, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sochwe:v:51:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s00355-018-1113-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s00355-018-1113-9
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    6. Eric Kamwa, 2023. "On Two Voting systems that combine approval and preferences: Fallback Voting and Preference Approval Voting," Working Papers hal-03614585, HAL.
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