A new characterization of the majority rule

被引：47

作者：

Woeginger, GJ

机构：

[1] Univ Twente, Dept Math, NL-7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands

[2] Graz Tech Univ, Inst Math, A-8010 Graz, Austria

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2003年 / 81卷 / 01期

关键词：

IIA; majority rule; Pareto;

D O I：

10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00145-9

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

A seminal paper by May [Econometrica 20 (1952) 680] characterizes the majority rule in terms of anonymity, neutrality, and positive responsiveness. Whereas the former two axioms are natural and fairly weak, the positive responsiveness axiom is usually criticized for being too strong. In this note, we provide an alternative characterization of the majority rule in terms of neutrality, Pareto optimality, and a new axiom that we call reducibility to subsocieties. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：89 / 94

页数：6