• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Preference diversity orderings
  • Contributor: Karpov, Aleksandr [Author]
  • Published: Heidelberg: University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics, March 2016
  • Published in: Universität Heidelberg: Discussion paper series ; 61000
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (19 Seiten)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.11588/heidok.00020378
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  • Keywords: Offenbarte Präferenzen ; Matching ; Präferenztheorie ; Arbeitspapier ; Graue Literatur
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  • Description: This paper surveys approaches to preference diversity measurement. Applying preference diversity axiomatics, a generalization of the Alcalde-Unzu and Vorsatz (2016) criterion, is developed. It is shown that all previously used indices violate this criterion. Two new indices (geometric mean based and leximaxbased) are developed that satisfy a new criterion. Leximax-based orders act as a polarization index and are compared with Can et al.’s (2015) polarization index. The paper concludes by formulating a new open question: the preference profile reconstruction conjecture.
  • Access State: Open Access