On the uniqueness of the yolk

Mathieu Martin (), Zéphirin Nganmeni and Craig A. Tovey
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Mathieu Martin: THEMA University of Cergy-Pontoise
Zéphirin Nganmeni: THEMA University of Cergy-Pontoise
Craig A. Tovey: Georgia Institute of Technology

Social Choice and Welfare, 2016, vol. 47, issue 3, No 2, 518 pages

Abstract: Abstract The yolk, an important concept of spatial majority voting theory, is assumed to be unique when the number of individuals is odd. We prove that this claim is true in $$ {\mathbb {R}} ^{2}$$ R 2 but false in $$ {\mathbb {R}} ^{3}$$ R 3 , and discuss the differing implications of non-uniqueness from the normative and predictive perspectives.

Date: 2016
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