Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Can, B.
Author-workplace-name: Microeconomics & Public Economics
Author-Name: Ozkes, A.I.
Author-Name: Storcken, A.J.A.
Author-workplace-name: Quantitative Economics
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.
Series: GSBE Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 20140101
Number: 018
File-URL: https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ws/files/1165643/guid-2a82e355-1e45-41f6-b318-64669888fbbb-ASSET1.0.pdf
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File-Size: 507828
Handle: Repec:unm:umagsb:2014018
DOI: 10.26481/umagsb.2014018