2025/03/29 by Raffaele Berzi, Berzi, Raffaele, Daniela Bubboloni +3
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #91B12 #91B14 #Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Economics and business #FOS: Mathematics #Game Theory and Applications #Game Theory and Voting Systems #Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge #Theoretical Economics (econ.TH)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2503.23141
openalex publication_date 2025/03/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
We study the manipulability of social choice correspondences in situations where individuals have incomplete information about others' preferences. We propose a general concept of manipulability that depends on the extension rule used to derive preferences over sets of alternatives from preferences over alternatives, as well as on individuals' level of information. We then focus on the manipulability of social choice correspondences when the Kelly extension rule is used, and individuals are assumed to have the capability to anticipate the outcome of the collective decision. Under these assumptions, we introduce some monotonicity and sensitivity properties for social choice correspondences that combined imply manipulability. Then we prove a result of manipulability for unanimous positional social choice correspondences, and present a detailed analysis of the manipulability properties for the Borda, the plurality, the negative plurality and the Copeland social choice correspondences.