Monotonic incompatibility between electing and ranking

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 105
Issue: 2
Pages: 145-147

Authors (3)

Balinski, Michel Jennings, Andrew (not in RePEc) Laraki, Rida (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

Borda proposed to assign points to each of m candidates. Condorcet proposed to assign points to each of m! rankings of candidates. One is appropriate for electing, the other for ranking. They satisfy different types of monotonicity that are incompatible.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:105:y:2009:i:2:p:145-147
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24