And the Winners Are...An Axiomatic Approach To Selection from a Set

Daniele Checchi, Gianni De Fraja, Stefano Verzillo
2014 Social Science Research Network  
We study here the problem of evaluating whether the selection from a set is close to the ranking determined by a measurable criterion. We propose a number of natural axioms and show that an index exists that satisfies all these axioms. The paper ends with an application of the index to Italian academia. * We would like to thank Eyal Winter for helpful suggestions. DISTRIBUTION Our publications are available online at www.ceistorvergata.it DISCLAIMER The opinions expressed in these publications
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doi:10.2139/ssrn.2477790 fatcat:dch6vki2rfduncttwnumzjezd4