Social choice, optimal inference and figure skating

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-284

  Gordon, Stephen ^a   Truchon, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 38149057326     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00355-007-0243-2     Document Type: Article

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