A commonsense assessment of Arrow’s theorem
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DOI: 10.1515/jheec-2016-0003
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- Ortona, Guido, 2015. "A commonsense assessment of Arrow's theorem," POLIS Working Papers 182, Institute of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS.
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Arrow’s Theorem; Social Choice; Condorcet Rule;All these keywords.
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- D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
- C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
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