Single profile of preferences with variable societies: a characterization of simple majority rule

DOI10.1016/j.econlet.2009.12.042zbMath1203.91072OpenAlexW2090571706MaRDI QIDQ974185

Yongsheng Xu, Zhen Zhong

Publication date: 27 May 2010

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.12.042

zbMATH Keywords

simple majority rulesingle profile of preferencesvariable societies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Individual preferences (91B08) Social choice (91B14)

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