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Between Liberalism and Democracy

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Dov Samet (Tel Aviv University)
David Schmeidler (Tel Aviv University)

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We study a class of voting rules that bridge between majoritarianism and liberalism. An outcome of the vote specifies who among the voters are eligible to a certain right or qualification. Each outcome serves also as a permissible ballot. We characterize axiomatically a family of rules parameterized by the weight each individual has in determining his or her qualification. In one extreme case, the Liberal Rule, each individual's qualification is determined by her. In the other, an individual's qualification is determined by a majority. We also propose a formalization of self-determination, and apply it in a characterization of the Liberal Rule.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Game Theory and Information with number 9908001.

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Date of creation: 10 Aug 1999
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Keywords: liberalism; voting rules; social choice;

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C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty

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