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Arrow's Work and the Normative Theory of Committees

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The circumstances of the author's discovery of the median voter theorem and the steps which led from there to his Theory of Committees and Elections are set out. His theory is presented in the form of the `statistical thesis' that the best choice procedure selects the option which `on average' is highest on the committee members' schedules. As there is more than one concept of average, so there is more than one acceptable committee procedure. The author's way of proceeding is compared and contrasted with Arrow's.

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  • Duncan Black, 1991. "Arrow's Work and the Normative Theory of Committees," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 3(3), pages 259-276, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jothpo:v:3:y:1991:i:3:p:259-276
    DOI: 10.1177/0951692891003003002
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    1. Black, Duncan, 1969. "On Arrow's Impossibility Theorem," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 12(2), pages 227-248, October.
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