A strategy-proofness characterization of majority rule

Economic Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 557-568

  Campbell, Donald E ^a   Kelly, Jerry S ^b  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condorcet; Majority winner; Strategy proof

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242473199     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-002-0344-1     Document Type: Article

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