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Efficient and Non-Deteriorating Choice
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2002)
We analyze collective choice procedures with respect to their rationalizability by means of profiles of individual preference orderings. A selection function is a generalization of a choice function where selected alternatives ...
Consistent Rationalizability
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2002)
Consistency of a binary relation requires any preference cycle to involve indifference only. As shown by Suzumura (1976b), consistency is necessary and sufficient for the existence of an ordering extension of a relation. ...
Similarity of Options and the Measurement of Diversity
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2002)
This paper analyzes the measurement of the diversity of sets based on the dissimilarity of the objects contained in the set. We discuss axiomatic approaches to diversity measurement and examine the considerations underlying ...