A robust theory of resource allocation

Graciela Chichilnisky ()

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Abstract: The theory of social choice introduced in [5,6] is robust; it is completely independent of the choice of topology on spaces of preference. This theory has been fruitful in linking diverse forms of resource allocation; it has been shown [17] that contractibility is necessary and sufficient for solving the social choice paradox; this condition is equivalent [11] to another- limited arbitrage- which is necessary and sufficient for the existence of a competitive equilibrium and the core of an economy [13, 14, 15, 16, 17]. The space of monotone preferences is contractible; as shown already in [6, 17] such that spaces admit social choice rules. However, monotone preferences are of little interest in social choice theory becasue the essence of the social choice problem, such as Condorcet triples, rules out monotonicity.

Keywords: social choice; resource allocation; monotonicity; preferences; Condorcet triples (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D71 C02 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994-09-23
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