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Free Association and the Theory of Proportional Representation

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Several of the earliest advocates of proportional representation upheld the “principle of free association”: that electors should be free to choose the constituencies to which they belong. This article analyzes this principle in game-theoretic terms and investigates how far the free association “game” can be simulated through proportional representation. It is assumed that each voter's prime concern is that his most-preferred candidate should be elected. If preferences are single peaked, the outcome of an election based on free association can be predicted; the same outcome would result from a modified form of the single transferable vote.

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  • Sugden, Robert, 1984. "Free Association and the Theory of Proportional Representation," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 78(1), pages 31-43, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:78:y:1984:i:01:p:31-43_25
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    1. Edith Elkind & Piotr Faliszewski & Piotr Skowron & Arkadii Slinko, 2017. "Properties of multiwinner voting rules," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 48(3), pages 599-632, March.
    2. Uzi Segal & Avia Spivak, 1986. "Why so much stability? On the single membership constituency and the law of large numbers: A note," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 49(2), pages 183-190, January.
    3. Tanner, Thomas Cole, 1994. "The spatial theory of elections: an analysis of voters' predictive dimensions and recovery of the underlying issue space," ISU General Staff Papers 1994010108000018174, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    4. Benoit, J.P. & Kornhauser, L.A., 1996. "On Candidate-Based Analyses of Assembly Elections," Working Papers 96-29, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.

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