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Game-Theoretic Remarks on Gibbard's Libertarian Social Choice Functions

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Gibbard [4) has recently introduced a Pareto-consistent libertarian claim, designed to explicate Sen's Liberal Paradox [9]. The question this paper asks is whether all—or any—social choice functions satisfying Gibbard's claim are worthily of libertarian approval. This paper argues that there is a unique such social choice function.

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  • Gardner, Roy, 1980. "Game-Theoretic Remarks on Gibbard's Libertarian Social Choice Functions," ISU General Staff Papers 198001010800001024, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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    1. Gibbard, Allan, 1974. "A Pareto-consistent libertarian claim," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 7(4), pages 388-410, April.
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