@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8344,
            	author={Checchi, Daniele and Fraja, Gianni De and Verzillo, Stefano},
            	title={And the Winners Are... An Axiomatic Approach to Selection from a Set},
            	year={2014},
	month={Jul},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={8344},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8344},
	abstract={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.},
	keywords={ranking;merit;selection},
            }