List, Christian 
ORCID: 0000-0003-1627-800X
(2002)
Intradimensional single-peakedness and the multidimensional Arrow problem.
Theory and Decision, 52 (3).
pp. 287-301.
ISSN 1573-7187
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Abstract
Arrow's account (1951/1963) of the problem of social choice is based upon the assumption that the preferences of each individual in the relevant group are expressible by a single ordering. This paper lifts that assumption and develops a multidimensional generalization of Arrow's framework. I show that, like Arrow's original framework, the multidimensional generalization is affected by an impossibility theorem, highlighting not only the threat of dictatorship of a single individual, but also the threat of dominance of a single dimension. In particular, even if preferences are single-peaked across individuals within each dimension -- a situation called intradimensional single-peakedness -- any aggregation procedure satisfying Arrow-type conditions will make one dimension dominant. I introduce lexicographic hierarchies of dimensions as a class of possible aggregation procedures under intradimensional single-peakedness. The interpretation of the results is discussed.
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| Divisions: | Government Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 22:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/703 |
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