Yet another characterization of the majority rule

José Alcantud ()

Economics Letters, 2019, vol. 177, issue C, 52-55

Abstract: We prove an alternative characterization of the majority rule for unrestricted societies and a binary agenda. It uses neither of the three original axioms from the characterization by May (1952) for fixed societies that confront two alternatives.

Keywords: Majority rule; Voting; Axiomatization; Social choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.01.026

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