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This paper deals with a particular type of social decision-making procedures, which I call ‘decision schemes’. In general, a social decision-making procedure is a rule which to each specification of the preferences of the individuals in a society with regard to the alternatives open to this society assigns a criterion to choose among such alternatives. Different types of decision-making procedures may arise, depending on:
(1) the nature of individual preferences over alternatives; and
(2) the kind of choice criterion provided by the procedure.
The author gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Ministerio de Hacienda, Spain
Presented at the Symposium on Decision Theory and Social Ethics, organized by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, held at Schloss Reisensburg, June 24–30, 1976.
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Barbera, S. (1978). Nice Decision Schemes. In: Gottinger, H.W., Leinfellner, W. (eds) Decision Theory and Social Ethics. Theory and Decision Library, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9838-4_4
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