Good and bad objects: the symmetric difference rule

We consider the problem of ranking sets of objects, the members of which are mutually compatible. Assuming that each object is either good or bad, we axiomatically characterize a cardinality-based rule which arises naturally in this dichotomous setting.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Dimitrov, Dinko ; Hendrickx, Ruud ; Borm, Peter
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 4.2004, 11, p. 1-7
Publisher:	AccessEcon

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Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	D6 - Welfare Economics ; D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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