An extension of Black's theorem on voting orders to the successive procedure

Richard Niemi and Bjørn Rasch

Public Choice, 1987, vol. 54, issue 2, 187-190

Abstract: Duncan Black (1958) stated his voting order theorem — ‘the later any motion enters the voting order, the greater its chance of adoption’ — exclusively for the amendment procedure. Niemi and Gretlein's (1985) extension is similarly limited. Here we show that with a change in the focus from social preferences to individual preferences, both Black's theorem and that proved by Niemi and Gretlein apply as well to the successive procedure. Copyright Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 1987

Date: 1987
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