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Econometrica Vol. 42 No. 2 1974

Voting Anomalies, the Number of Voters, and the Number of Alternatives

Jerry S. Kelly

Abstract

[Assuming each assignment of strong preference orderings to individuals is equally likely, we examine how the probability of social intransitivity (under asimple majority vote decision rule) changes with changes in the number of alternatives and the number of voters. A similar study is made of violation of quasi-transitivity and failure of existence of a maximal alternative.]

DOI
10.2307/1911974
Volume
42
Issue
2
Pages
239
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