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Dinko Dimitrov, Ruud Hendrickx and Peter Borm
 
''Good and bad objects: the symmetric difference rule''
( 2004, Vol. 4 No.11 )
 
 
We consider the problem of ranking sets of objects, the members of which are mutually compatible. Assuming that each object is either good or bad, we axiomatically characterize a cardinality-based rule which arises naturally in this dichotomous setting.
 
 
Keywords:
JEL: D6 - Welfare Economics: General
D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General
 
Manuscript Received : May 24 2004 Manuscript Accepted : Jun 28 2004

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