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Measurement of consensus with a reference

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  • José Carlos R., Alcantud
  • Rocío, de Andrés
  • José Manuel, Cascón

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In this work we contribute to the formal analysis of the measurement of consensus in a society. Instead of approaching the topic from an absolute perspective we are concerned with a practical application: the proposal of a decision mechanism with respect to which consensus is measured. Surprisingly this produces a powerful unifying model, a restriction of which is deeply analysed. We also study the axiomatic properties of particular expressions for consensus with various salient social rules as a reference.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 32155.

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Date of creation: 11 Jul 2011
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Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:32155

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Keywords: Consensus; coherence; measurement; Borda rule; Copeland rule;

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  1. Jorge Alcalde-Unzu & Marc Vorsatz, 2010. "Do we agree? Measuring the cohesiveness of preferences," Working Papers 2010-23, FEDEA.
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