Econometrica: Nov, 1973, Volume 41, Issue 6

Aggregation of Preferences with Variable Electorate

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1914033
p. 1027-1041

John H. Smith

Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for an aggregation procedure to be a "point system" or "generalized point system." In Sections 4 and 5 various "runoff" systems and their properties are discussed but no equivalent characterization is obtained.

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