A pedagogical proof of Arrow's Impossibility Theorem

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-112

  Dardanoni, Valentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

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EID: 0035585919     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003550000062     Document Type: Article

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