1983/10/01 by Norman Schofield · 1 citation
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Game Theory and Voting Systems #Politics, Economics, and Education Policy #Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
paper · doi:10.2307/2297770
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Majority rule voting with smooth preferences on a smooth policy space W is examined. It is shown that there is an integer w(n), which is 2 when the size of the society n is odd and 3 when n is even such that when the dimension of W is at least w(n) then, for almost preference profiles on W, the core of the voting game is empty when the dimension of W exceeds w(n) then for almost all preference profiles on W, there exist dense preference cycles in W. Moreover in dimension w(n) + 1 the policy space can be partitioned into a finite number of path connected components, such that any two points in one of the components can be connected by a majority voting trajectory. In dimension greater than w(n) + 1 there exists only one such component.