Abstract :
A seminal paper by [May, K.O., (1952) A set of independent, necessary and sufficient conditions for simple majority decision. Econometrica 20, 680–684] characterizes the majority rule in terms of the three axioms (1) anonymity, (2) neutrality, and (3) positive responsiveness. A recent paper by [Miroiu, A. (2004). Characterizing majority rule: from profiles to societies. Economics Letters, 0, 680–684.] characterizes the majority rule in terms of the three axioms (1) additive positive responsiveness, (2) subsets decomposability, and (3) null society.
