Asan, GSanver, MR2024-07-182024-07-1820020165-1765https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(02)00014-9https://hdl.handle.net/11411/8873Given any (finite) society confronting two alternatives, May [Econometrica 20 (1995) 680] characterizes the majority rule in terms of anonymity, neutrality and positive responsiveness. This final condition is usually criticized to be too strong. Thus, we drop it and give a similar characterization in terms of anonymity, neutrality, Pareto optimality and a condition we call weak path independence. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessMajority RuleChoiceArticle2-s2.0-003601225210.1016/S0165-1765(02)00014-94133Q240975Q4WOS:000175551600017