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A note on evaluating freedom of opinion

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  • Daniel Eckert

    (University of Graz)

  • Christian Klamler

    (University of Graz)

Abstract

Following the recent generalization of social choice in the literature on judgment aggregation, we extend the analysis of freedom of choice from sets of alternatives to sets of opinions. We establish the analogue of the cardinality based freedom of choice measure and suggest an alternative measure based on the Hamming distance.

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  • Daniel Eckert & Christian Klamler, 2014. "A note on evaluating freedom of opinion," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 34(3), pages 1805-1813.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-14-00588
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    Keywords

    freedom of opinion; Hamming distance; diversity;
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    JEL classification:

    • D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics

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