The characterization of decisive weighted majority rules

Shmuel Nitzan; Jacob Paroush

doi:10.1016/0165-1765(87)90105-4

The characterization of decisive weighted majority rules

Shmuel Nitzan, Jacob Paroush

Department of Economics

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

21 Scopus citations

Abstract

This note supplies a rationale for the adoption of decisive weighted majority rules by small decision-making bodies (n<6). It proves that such rules are the only decision rules that satisfy the two common and quite mild conditions of monotonicity and neutrality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	119-124
Number of pages	6
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(87)90105-4
State	Published - 1981

Access to Document

10.1016/0165-1765(87)90105-4

Cite this

@article{9f7efc5793864b51b5c69e884e7444ee,

title = "The characterization of decisive weighted majority rules",

abstract = "This note supplies a rationale for the adoption of decisive weighted majority rules by small decision-making bodies (n<6). It proves that such rules are the only decision rules that satisfy the two common and quite mild conditions of monotonicity and neutrality.",

author = "Shmuel Nitzan and Jacob Paroush",

year = "1981",

doi = "10.1016/0165-1765(87)90105-4",

language = "אנגלית",

volume = "7",

pages = "119--124",

journal = "Economics Letters",

issn = "0165-1765",

publisher = "Elsevier",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The characterization of decisive weighted majority rules

AU - Nitzan, Shmuel

AU - Paroush, Jacob

PY - 1981

Y1 - 1981

N2 - This note supplies a rationale for the adoption of decisive weighted majority rules by small decision-making bodies (n<6). It proves that such rules are the only decision rules that satisfy the two common and quite mild conditions of monotonicity and neutrality.

AB - This note supplies a rationale for the adoption of decisive weighted majority rules by small decision-making bodies (n<6). It proves that such rules are the only decision rules that satisfy the two common and quite mild conditions of monotonicity and neutrality.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0038284694&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/0165-1765(87)90105-4

DO - 10.1016/0165-1765(87)90105-4

M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???

AN - SCOPUS:0038284694

SN - 0165-1765

VL - 7

SP - 119

EP - 124

JO - Economics Letters

JF - Economics Letters

IS - 2

ER -

The characterization of decisive weighted majority rules

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this