Good and bad objects: the symmetric difference rule

Dinko Dimitrov, Ruud Hendrickx () and Peter Borm
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Ruud Hendrickx: Tilburg University

Economics Bulletin, 2004, vol. 4, issue 11, 1-7

Abstract: We consider the problem of ranking sets of objects, the members of which are mutually compatible. Assuming that each object is either good or bad, we axiomatically characterize a cardinality-based rule which arises naturally in this dichotomous setting.

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Date: 2004-06-28
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