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In this note we prove a McGarvey theorem for the family of Separable Tournaments. This family arises in the analysis of Logrolling and Vote Trading in Committees.
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The authors would like to thank N.R. Miller for sending us Miller (1994), E. Hopkins and F. Mouton for useful comments on early versions of the manuscript, and two anonymous referees for detailed reports.
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Hollard, G., Le Breton, M. Logrolling and a McGarvey theorem for separable tournaments. Soc Choice Welfare 13, 451–455 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00182855
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