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On Strategy-proof Social Choice between Two Alternatives

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  • Abhinaba Lahiri
  • Anup Pramanik

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We study strategy-proof rules for choosing between two alternatives. We consider the full preference domain which allows for indifference. In this framework, for strategy-proof rules, ontoness does not imply efficiency. We weaken the requirement of efficiency to ontoness and characterizes the class of strategy-proof rules. We argue that the notion of efficiency is not desirable always. Our main result provides a simple characterization of the class of onto, anonymous and strategy-proof rules in this framework. Our analysis can help policy makers choose among these rules.

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  • Abhinaba Lahiri & Anup Pramanik, 2017. "On Strategy-proof Social Choice between Two Alternatives," ISER Discussion Paper 1013, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
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