Parallel axiomatizations of majority and unanimity

Antonio Quesada

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 111, issue 2, 151-154

Abstract: The relative majority rule and the unanimity rule are characterized in the two alternatives case. The main axioms rely on the idea of determining the preference of a group by partitioning it into two subgroups and aggregating next their preferences.

Keywords: Social; welfare; function; Relative; majority; rule; Unanimity; rule; Axiomatic; characterization; Two; alternatives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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