Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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972927 | Mathematical Social Sciences | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We study rules for choosing between two alternatives when people may be indifferent between them. We specify two strategic requirements for groups of people. The first, group strategy-proofness, says that manipulations by groups ought not make every member of the group better off. The second, strong group strategy-proofness, says that such manipulations ought not make even one member of the group better off without making another worse off. Our main result is a characterization of “consensus” rules and “constant” rules as the only strongly group strategy-proof rules when there are more than two people.
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Authors
Vikram Manjunath,