Arrow's theorem and the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem: A unified approach

Economics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 99-105

  Reny, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrow's theorem; D71; Gibbard Satterthwaite theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035545413     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(00)00332-3     Document Type: Article

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