Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
2-2011
Abstract
In this paper we consider the standard voting model with a finite set of alternativesA and n voters and address the following question: what are the characteristics ofdomains D that induce the property that every strategy-proof social choice functionf : Dn → A satisfying unanimity, has the tops-only property? We first impose aminimal richness condition which ensures that for every alternative a, there exists anadmissible ordering where a is maximal. We identify conditions on D that are sufficientfor strategy-proofness and unanimity to imply tops onlyness in the general case of nvoters and in the special case, n = 2. We provide an algorithm for constructing tops-onlydomains from connected graphs with elements of A as nodes. We provide severalapplications of our results. Finally, we relax the minimal richness assumption andpartially extend our results.
Keywords
Voting rules, Strategy-proofness, Restricted domains, Tops-only domains
Discipline
Economic Theory
Research Areas
Economic Theory
Publication
Economic Theory
Volume
46
Issue
2
First Page
255
Last Page
282
ISSN
0938-2259
Identifier
10.1007/s00199-009-0509-2
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Citation
CHATTERJI, Shurojit and SEN, Arunava.
Tops-only domains. (2011). Economic Theory. 46, (2), 255-282.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1890
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-009-0509-2