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Monotonicity and qualified majority rules

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  • Uuganbaatar Ninjbat

    (The National University of Mongolia)

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This paper reflects on some results characterizing qualified majority rules using monotonicity as a key axiom. In particular, some errors in the existing literature are detected and ways to fix them are proposed. Then, the role of monotonicity axiom in characterizing majority rules is analyzed. There, among other findings, we show that its marginal contribution in characterizing relative qualified majority rules is the difference between two properties called sum-invariance and sum-monotonicity. Finally, a new class of qualified majority rules where voters exercise a veto power is introduced and axiomatically characterized.

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  • Uuganbaatar Ninjbat, 2019. "Monotonicity and qualified majority rules," Economic Theory Bulletin, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 7(2), pages 209-220, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:etbull:v:7:y:2019:i:2:d:10.1007_s40505-018-0154-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s40505-018-0154-7
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    Keywords

    Monotonicity; Qualified majority rule; Anonymity; Majority rule with vetoes; Qualified Pareto rule;
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    JEL classification:

    • D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations

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