Geometry and impossibility

Juan Perote-Peña; Ashley Piggins

doi:10.1007/s001990100233

Geometry and impossibility

Juan Perote-Peña
, Ashley Piggins

Queen's University of Belfast

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Abstract

This note presents a simple proof of Arrow's impossibility theorem using Saari's [3, 4] "geometry of voting".

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	831-836
Number of pages	6
Journal	Economic Theory
Volume	20
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s001990100233
Publication status	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Arrow's theorem
Representation triangle
Voting geometry

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