The geometry of Black's single peakedness and related conditions

By using geometry to analyze all three candidate profiles satisfying Black's single peakedness constraint, we characterize all associated election behavior. The same analysis is applied to related profile constraints where some candidate never is top-ranked, or never bottom ranked.

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Published inJournal of mathematical economics Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 429 - 456
Main Authors Saari, Donald G., Valognes, Fabrice
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.12.1999
Elsevier
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
SeriesJournal of Mathematical Economics
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Summary:By using geometry to analyze all three candidate profiles satisfying Black's single peakedness constraint, we characterize all associated election behavior. The same analysis is applied to related profile constraints where some candidate never is top-ranked, or never bottom ranked.
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ISSN:0304-4068
1873-1538
DOI:10.1016/S0304-4068(98)00062-7