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Aggregation of Coarse Preferences

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We consider weak preference orderings over a set An of n alternatives. An individual preference is of refinement ≤ n if it first partitions An into subsets of 'tied' alternatives, and then ranks these subsets within a linear ordering. When

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  • Hervé Crès, 2000. "Aggregation of Coarse Preferences," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-01064879, HAL.
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