Binary Self-Selective Voting Rules

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Main Authors: Hermida-Rivera, Héctor, Kerman, Toygar T.
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Published: 2025
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author Hermida-Rivera, Héctor
Kerman, Toygar T.
author_facet Hermida-Rivera, Héctor
Kerman, Toygar T.
contents This paper introduces a novel binary stability property for voting rules-called binary self-selectivity-by which a society considering whether to replace its voting rule using itself in pairwise elections will choose not to do so. In Theorem 1, we show that a neutral voting rule is binary self-selective if and only if it is universally self-selective. We then use this equivalence to show, in Corollary 1, that under the unrestricted strict preference domain, a unanimous and neutral voting rule is binary self-selective if and only if it is dictatorial. In Theorem 2 and Corollary 2, we show that whenever there is a strong Condorcet winner; a unanimous, neutral and anonymous voting rule is binary self-selective (or universally self-selective) if and only if it is the Condorcet voting rule.
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spellingShingle Binary Self-Selective Voting Rules
Hermida-Rivera, Héctor
Kerman, Toygar T.
Theoretical Economics
This paper introduces a novel binary stability property for voting rules-called binary self-selectivity-by which a society considering whether to replace its voting rule using itself in pairwise elections will choose not to do so. In Theorem 1, we show that a neutral voting rule is binary self-selective if and only if it is universally self-selective. We then use this equivalence to show, in Corollary 1, that under the unrestricted strict preference domain, a unanimous and neutral voting rule is binary self-selective if and only if it is dictatorial. In Theorem 2 and Corollary 2, we show that whenever there is a strong Condorcet winner; a unanimous, neutral and anonymous voting rule is binary self-selective (or universally self-selective) if and only if it is the Condorcet voting rule.
title Binary Self-Selective Voting Rules
topic Theoretical Economics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15265