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This paper is a first attempt to study the problem of aggregation of individual ordinal probabilistic beliefs in an Arrowian framework. We exhibit some properties an aggregation rule must fulfil; in particular we prove the existence of a “quasi-dictator”.
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Laine, J., Le Breton, M. & Trannoy, A. Group decision making under uncertainty a note on the aggregation of “ordinal probabilities” . Theor Decis 21, 155–161 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127192
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