On the robustness of majority rule

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 949-973

  Dasgupta, Partha ^a   Maskin, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 57649227423     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/JEEA.2008.6.5.949     Document Type: Article

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