Majority voting with single-crossing preferences

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 219-237

  Gans, Joshua S ^a,b   Smart, Michael ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Income tax progression; Majority voting; Quasi transitivity; Single crossing condition; Union objectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030079987     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(95)01503-5     Document Type: Article

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