Geometry and impossibility

Juan Perote-Pena () and Ashley Piggins ()

Economic Theory, 2002, vol. 20, issue 4, 836 pages

Abstract: This note presents a simple proof of Arrow's impossibility theorem using Saari's [3, 4] "geometry of voting".

Keywords: Arrow's theorem; Voting geometry; Representation triangle. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-03-21
Note: Received: March 5, 2001; revised version: August 16, 2001
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