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Fuzzy Preferences, Liberalism and Non-discrimination

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In the present article we consider a situation in which the individual and collective preferences are fuzzy or intuitionistic fuzzy and present some results in this framework. These results are connected with the analysis of the Liberal paradox of Sen (1970) and the requirement of non-discrimination introduced by Xu (2000). It is argued that the introduction of fuzziness allows possibility results to be proven and well known notions in the social choice theory to be enriched.

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  • Dinko Dimitrov, 2001. "Fuzzy Preferences, Liberalism and Non-discrimination," Economic Thought journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 2, pages 63-76.
    • Handle: RePEc:bas:econth:y:2001:i:2:p:63-76
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    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
    • C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General

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