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Title:
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A Characterization of single-peaked preferences
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Author:
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Ballester, Miguel Ángel; Haeringer, Guillaume
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Other authors:
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica; Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica |
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Abstract:
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We identify in this paper two conditions that characterize the domain of single-peaked preferences on the line in the following sense: a preference profile satisfies these two properties if and only if there exists a linear order $L$ over the set of alternatives such that these preferences are single-peaked with respect L. The first property states that for any subset of alternatives the set of alternatives considered as the worst by all agents cannot contains more than 2 elements. The second property states that two agents cannot disagree on the relative ranking of two alternatives with respect to a third alternative but agree on the (relative) ranking of a fourth one. Classification-JEL: D71, C78 |
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Publication date:
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2006-05-09 |
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Subject(s):
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Equacions diferencials lineals |
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Rights:
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Document type:
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Working Paper |
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