Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Can B. 
Author-Name: Ozkes A.I. 
Author-Name: Storcken A.J.A. 
Author-workplace-name: GSBE
Title: Measuring polarization of preferences
Abstract: In this paper, we study the measurement of polarization in collective decision making problems with ordinal preferences over alternatives. We argue that polarization can be measured as an aggregation of antagonisms over pairs of alternatives in the society. We propose a measure of this sort and show that it is the only measure satisfying some normatively appealing conditions.
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Classification-JEL: .
Series:  Research Memorandum
Creation-Date: 2014
Number: 018
File-URL: http://pub.maastrichtuniversity.nl/2a82e355-1e45-41f6-b318-64669888fbbb
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 508790
Handle: RePEc:unm:umagsb:2014018