ECON 451: Public Choice Professor Peter Coughlin

ECON 451: Public Choice
Professor Peter Coughlin

May's Conditions

The background readings are:

1) Jerry S. Kelly, Social Choice Theory: An Introduction
[1] From "We now seek ... " in the first line after the exercises on p. 7 through the

Theorem on p. 12;

[2] p. 14

2) Alan Taylor & Alison Pacelli, Mathematics and Politics, 2^nd edition
Section 1.2 (on pages 4-5),

The following items are recommended readings (designed to supplement the background references):

Sherif El-Helaly, The Mathematics of Voting and Apportionment, Springer, 2019.

[1] From the beginning of Section 1.3 (on page 21) through "... y one-to-one)." in the eighth line of the section;

[2] Section 1.5.5 (on pages 65-67)

Allan Feldman & Roberto Serrano, Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory, 2^nd edition, Springer, 2006.

Entry #7 on p.273

Jean Hendriks & Gareth D. Myles, Intermediate Public Economics, 2^nd edition, The MIT Press, 2013.

[1] The first sentence in Section 11.4 (on page 350)

[2] In Section 11.4.1 (which is on page 350-351): From "A widely held ... " at the beginning of the 2nd

sentence through "... a binary choice." at the end of the 2nd-to-last sentence in Section 11.4.1

Jonathan K. Hodge & Richard E. Klima, The Mathematics of Voting and Elections, 2^nd edition, American Mathematical Society, 2018.

From the beginning of the section "Anonymity, Neutrality, and Monotonicity" (on p. 3) through the Theorem on the bottom of p. 5

These items are available through Course Reserves at ELMS.