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Unanimity rule and the Pareto criterion appear so alike that several authors have treated them as almost interchangeable. Arrow (1951) described the Pareto principle as a unanimity principle. Fishburn (1973) refers to the Pareto criterion as strong unanimity. And Buchanan (1967, 285) described unanimity rule as the “political counterpart” of the Pareto criterion.
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Dougherty, K.L., Edward, J. (2011). Clarifying Concepts. In: The Calculus of Consent and Constitutional Design. Studies in Public Choice, vol 20. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-98171-0_3
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