On strategy-proofness and symmetric single-peakedness

B-Tier
Journal: Games and Economic Behavior
Year: 2011
Volume: 72
Issue: 2
Pages: 467-484

Authors (2)

Massó, Jordi (Barcelona School of Economics ...) Moreno de Barreda, Inés (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We characterize the class of strategy-proof social choice functions on the domain of symmetric single-peaked preferences. This class is strictly larger than the set of generalized median voter schemes (the class of strategy-proof and tops-only social choice functions on the domain of single-peaked preferences characterized by Moulin, 1980) since, under the domain of symmetric single-peaked preferences, generalized median voter schemes can be disturbed by discontinuity points and remain strategy-proof on the smaller domain. Our result identifies the specific nature of these discontinuities which allow to design non-onto social choice functions to deal with feasibility constraints.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:gamebe:v:72:y:2011:i:2:p:467-484
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25