Demystifying the 'metric approach to social compromise with the unanimity criterion'

In a recent book and earlier studies, Donald Saari well clarifies the source of three classical impossibility theorems in social choice and proposes possible escape out of these negative results. The objective of this note is to illustrate the relevance of these explanations in justifying the metric approach to the social compromise with the unanimity criterion.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Nitzan, Shmuel
Publisher:	Ramat-Gan : Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics
Subject:	Unmöglichkeitstheorem \| Theorie \| social choice \| impossibility theorems \| metric approach to compromise with the unanimity criterion

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Series:	Working Paper ; 2009-18
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	601890809 [GVK] hdl:10419/96013 [Handle] RePEc:biu:wpaper:2009-18 [RePEc]
Classification:	D71 - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations ; D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior
Source:	EconStor

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