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Locating a public good on a sphere

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  • Chatterjee, S.

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  • Peters, H.J.M.

    (Quantitative Economics)

  • Storcken, A.J.A.

    (Quantitative Economics)

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It is shown that in a model where agents have single-peaked preferences on the sphere, every Pareto optimal social choice function that is strict or coalitional strategy-proof, is dictatorial.

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  • Chatterjee, S. & Peters, H.J.M. & Storcken, A.J.A., 2015. "Locating a public good on a sphere," Research Memorandum 028, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE).
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