The structure of strategy-proof social choice - Part I: General characterization and possibility results on median spaces

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 269-305

  Nehring, Klaus ^a   Puppe, Clemens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalized single peakedness; Intersection property; Median spaces; Strategy proofness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250657050     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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