Stability in voting

Authors
Dummett, Michael Farquharson, Robin
Citation
. Dummett, Michael et . Farquharson, Robin, Stability in voting , Econometrica , 29(1), 1961, pp. 33-43
Journal title
Econometrica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00129682
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1961
Pages
33 - 43
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
Voting is presented as an n-person majority game, in which preferences are ordinal. A condition on the preferences, substantially weaker than one postulated by D. Black, is shown to be sufficient for "stability" in such games.