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THE COLLECTIVE DECISION PROBLEM, AND A THEORY OF PREFERENCE
Author(s) -
HEINER RONALD A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
economic inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1465-7295
pISSN - 0095-2583
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1981.tb01135.x
Subject(s) - generalization , transitive relation , preference , mathematical economics , ranking (information retrieval) , economics , preference theory , microeconomics , revealed preference , mathematics , computer science , combinatorics , artificial intelligence , mathematical analysis
This paper generalizes the “strength priority” idea of conventional majority preferences to select stronger preference patterns over weaker reverse preferences that contradict them. This generalization implies the existence of one and only one strength priority ranking that is transitive. Thus the ordering obtained can be viewed as a direct generalization of the traditional majority concept and is offered as a solution to the collective decision problem.