Measuring polarization of preferences

B. Can; A.I. Ozkes; A.J.A. Storcken

doi:10.26481/umagsb.2014018

Measuring polarization of preferences

B. Can, A.I. Ozkes, A.J.A. Storcken

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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.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Maastricht
Publisher	Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26481/umagsb.2014018
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

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Series	GSBE Research Memoranda
Number	018

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