A note on comparing median evaluations in single-peaked domains

Jean-François Laslier (1)

1 X-DEP-ECO - Département d'Économie de l'École Polytechnique

In one-dimensional, single-peaked domains, the paper compares the MaxMedian voting scheme of Basset and Persky (Public Choice 99: 299- 310) with majority rule and the utilitarian criterion. The MaxMedian outcome is rejected by a majority of voters in favor of outcomes which are also utilitarian improvements.

Domaines: Science politique; Economies et finances

Jean-François Laslier. A note on comparing median evaluations in single-peaked domains. 2009. ⟨hal-00397403v1⟩