Group identification

B-Tier
Journal: Games and Economic Behavior
Year: 2008
Volume: 63
Issue: 1
Pages: 188-202

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2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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Abstract

I study a model of group identification in which individuals' opinions as to the membership of a group are aggregated to form a list of group members. Potential aggregation rules are studied through the axiomatic approach. I introduce two axioms, meet separability and join separability, each of which requires the list of members generated by the aggregation rule to be independent of whether the question of membership in a group is separated into questions of membership in two other groups. I use these axioms to characterize a class of one-vote rules, in which one opinion determines whether an individual is considered to be a member of a group. I then show that the only anonymous one-vote rule is self-identification, in which each individual determines for himself whether he is a member of the group.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:gamebe:v:63:y:2008:i:1:p:188-202
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-26