Parallel proofs of Arrow’s and the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem

Antonio Quesada ()

Public Economics from EconWPA

Abstract: Arrow’s and the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorems are proved using a common proof strategy based on a dictatorship result for choice functions. One of the instrumental results obtained shows the inconsistency between the basic assumption in each of these theorems and a mild majority principle.

Keywords: Arrow’s theorem; Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem; Choice function; Majority. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dcm
Date: 2005-04-11
Note: Type of Document - pdf; pages: 11

Downloads: (external link)
http://129.3.20.41/eps/pe/papers/0504/0504003.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wpa:wuwppe:0504003

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Public Economics from EconWPA
Series data maintained by EconWPA ().