Recognizing a Single-Issue Spatial Election

A single-issue spatial election is a voter preference profile derived from an arrangement of candidates and voters on a line, with each voter preferring the nearer of each pair of candidates. We provide a polynomial-time algorithm that determines whether a given preference profile is a single-issue spatial election and, if so, constructs such an election. This result also has preference representation and mechanism design applications.

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Year of publication:	2008-08
Authors:	Knoblauch, Vicki
Institutions:	Department of Economics, University of Connecticut
Subject:	spatial elections \| preference representation \| mechanism design

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The price is Free Number 2008-26 13 pages
Classification:	D11 - Consumer Economics: Theory ; D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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