Aggregation theory and the relevance of some issues to others

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Theory
Year: 2015
Volume: 160
Issue: C
Pages: 463-493

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Abstract

I propose a relevance-based independence axiom on how to aggregate individual yes/no judgments on given propositions into collective judgments: the collective judgment on a proposition depends only on people's judgments on propositions which are relevant to that proposition. This axiom contrasts with the classical independence axiom: the collective judgment on a proposition depends only on people's judgments on the same proposition. I generalize the premise-based rule and the sequential-priority rule to an arbitrary priority order of the propositions, instead of a dichotomous premise/conclusion order resp. a linear priority order. I prove four impossibility theorems on relevance-based aggregation. One theorem simultaneously generalizes Arrow's Theorem (in its general and indifference-free versions) and the well-known Arrow-like theorem in judgment aggregation.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jetheo:v:160:y:2015:i:c:p:463-493
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25