In the standard arrovian framework and under the assumption that individual preferences and social outcomes are linear orders on the set of alternatives, we study the rules which satisfy suitable symmetries and obey the majority principle. In particular, supposing that individuals and...

In the standard arrovian framework and under the assumptions that individual preferences and social outcomes are linear orders over the set of alternatives, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of anonymous, neutral and reversal symmetric rules and for the existence...

In the standard arrovian framework and under the assumptions that individual preferences and social outcomes are linear orders over the set of alternatives, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of anonymous and neutral rules and for the existence of anonymous and...

Under the assumption that individual preferences are linear orders on the set of alternatives, we study the social choice functions which satisfy suitable symmetries and obey the majority principle. In particular, supposing that individuals and alternatives are exogenously partitioned into...

In this paper, we define a new estimator of the leverage stochastic process based only on a pre-estimation of the Fourier coefficients of the volatility process. This feature constitutes a novelty in comparison with the leverage estimators proposed in the literature generally based on a...

In this paper, we construct non parametric estimators of the volatility of volatility and the leverage component (covariance between the asset price and the volatility process) in the framework of one dimensional stochastic volatility model. The main feature of our estimator is that, given...

We prove the convergence of a deterministic algorithm to compute the distribution function of the sum of d >1 dependent random variables, with given joint distribution, via the approximation of the probability measure of a d-dimensional symplex by overlapping hypercubes.

Assuming that alternatives are three or more, we prove that if the set of anonymous, neutral and reversal symmetric minimal majority rules is nonempty, then it has at least two elements. We propose then further principles linked to equity and fairness that can be used to exclude some rules in...

In this paper we consider two processes driven by Brownian motions plus drift and jumps with infinite activity. Given discrete observations on a finite time horizon, we study the truncated (threshold) realized covariance \hat{IC} to estimate the integrated covariation IC between the two Brownian...

The purpose of the paper is to argue that exogenous changes lowering wages may imply an increase of unemployment. To support that viewpoint, we use a general equilibrium approach. In that framework, we substitute the labour market clearing equation, which by very definition insures full...