On the inconsistency of a weak version of the libertarian principle

Ruvin Gekker

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Abstract

It is shown that even granting weak group rights will sometimes result in a conflict with such a widely acceptable efficiency criterion as the Pareto principle. On the other hand, if we strengthen the decesive power of groups, this may lead to a conflict even with the weak non-imposition condition, provided that a social choice function satisfies a rather mild choice-consistency property.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-25
Number of pages5
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1985
Externally publishedYes

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