A conjecture on the construction of orderings by Borda’s rule

Jerry S. Kelly; Shaofang Qi

doi:10.1007/s00355-015-0948-6

A conjecture on the construction of orderings by Borda’s rule

Jerry S. Kelly, Shaofang Qi

Department of Economics

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For a fixed number n of individuals, and a given weak ordering of m alternatives, we ask: is there a profile of n preferences that maps to that ordering under Borda’s rule? Evidence is presented for a conjectured answer, which is settled except for the case of odd n and even m.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Number of pages	13
Journal	Social Choice and Welfare
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-015-0948-6
State	Accepted/In press - Jan 19 2016

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