The Borda and Condorcet winners coincide for lexicographic preferences

Bernardo Moreno and Pietro Salmaso

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 238, issue C

Abstract: We show that, for any lexicographic preference profile, the sets of Borda and Condorcet winners coincide. Moreover, the sets of Borda and Condorcet losers also coincide. However the binary relations induced by the Borda Count and the majority pairwise comparisons are not the same.

Keywords: Lexicographical preferences; Condorcet winner; Borda winner (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D71 D72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111704

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