Some measures of closeness to unanimity and their implications

DOI10.1007/BF00134214zbMath0452.90008MaRDI QIDQ1148774

Shmuel Nitzan

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

plurality ruleBorda methodcollective decision methodsL-proceduremeasures of closeness to unanimityprobabilistic Borda rule

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14)

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Cites Work

• Equity, Arrow's Conditions, and Rawls' Difference Principle
• Social Choice Theory: A Re-Examination
• The Borda Rule and Pareto Stability: A Comment
• A Set of Independent Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Simple Majority Decision

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