On Preference, Freedom and Diversity

Peragine, V.; Romero-Medina, Antonio

On Preference, Freedom and Diversity

Autor(es): Peragine, V.; Romero-Medina, Antonio

Editorial: Springer

Fecha de edición: 2006

Cita: Social Choice and Welfare. August 2006, vol. 27, nº 1, p. 29-40

ISSN: 1432-217X

DOI: 10.1007/s00355-006-0117-z

Agradecimientos: Vito Peragine acknowledges financial support from BEC-2001-1653 and the MIUR, Italy (research project on “The Analysis and Measurement of Freedom”). Romero-Medina acknowledges financial support fromMEC SEJ 2005-06167/ECON and Comunidad de Madrid project 06/HSE/0174/2004.

Revisado: PeerReviewed

Versión de: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/5630

Versión del editor: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00355-006-0117-z

Palabras clave: Ranking Sets , Freedom of Choice , Diversity relations , Potencial preferences

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/5609

Derechos: ©Springer

Resumen:

We study the problem of ranking sets of options in terms of freedom of choice.We propose a framework in which both the diversity of the options and the preferences of the agent over the options do play a role.We formulate some axioms that reflect these two asp [+]