A simple characterization of majority rule

Donald E. Campbell; Jerry S. Kelly

doi:10.1007/s001990050318

A simple characterization of majority rule

Donald E. Campbell, Jerry S. Kelly

Department of Economics

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Abstract

Assuming an odd number of voters, E. S. Maskin recently provided a characterization of majority rule based on full transitivity. This paper characterizes majority rule with a set of axioms that includes two of Maskin's, dispenses with another, and contains weak versions of his other two axioms. It allows the number of voters to be odd or even.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	689-700
Number of pages	12
Journal	Economic Theory
Volume	15
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s001990050318
State	Published - May 2000

Keywords

IIA
Majority
Pareto
Single-peaked
Transitivity

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Economics and Econometrics

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