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Demystifying the 'metric approach to social compromise with the unanimity criterion'

Nitzan, Shmuel - 2009

In a recent book and earlier studies, Donald Saari well clarifies the source of three classical impossibility theorems in social choice and proposes possible escape out of these negative results. The objective of this note is to illustrate the relevance of these explanations in justifying the...

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Demystifying the 'Metric Approach to Social Compromise with the Unanimity Criterion'

Nitzan, Shmuel - Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University - 2009

criterion. Keywords: social choice, impossibility theorems, metric approach to compromise with the unanimity criterion … in obtaining positive conclusions. 2. The metric approach The metric approach to compromise with the unanimity … criterion, henceforth the metric approach, utilizes information on individual preferences taking into account the intensity of …

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