A strong paradox of multiple elections

Marco Scarsini (1, 2)

1 GREGH - Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC
2 dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica

We consider a stronger version of the paradox of multiple elections and show that it is possible that not only the winning combination of propositions, but also all the combinations sufficiently close to it, receive zero votes.

Keywords: Paradox; multiple elections; voting

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Economics and Finance; Economy and decision science

Marco Scarsini. A strong paradox of multiple elections. Social Choice and Welfare, 1998, Vol. 15, N°2, pp. 237-238. ⟨10.1007/s003550050102⟩. ⟨hal-00541791⟩