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The class of special majority rules consists of all p-majority rules, where p is greater than half and less than one. p-majority rule is defined by: An alternative x is socially at least as good as another alternative y iff the number of individuals preferring y over x is less than or equal to p multiplied by the number of individuals nonindifferent between x and y. This chapter is concerned with the derivation of conditions for transitivity and quasi-transitivity under the class of special majority rules.
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This chapter relies on Jain (1983).
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Jain, Satish K. 1983. Necessary and sufficient conditions for quasi-transitivity and transitivity of special majority rules. Keio Economic Studies 20: 55–63.
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Jain, S.K. (2019). Special Majority Rules. In: Domain Conditions and Social Rationality. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9672-4_6
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