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The Product Paradox of Voting Power

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  • Felsenthal, Dan S
  • Machover, Moshe

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The authors consider a system made up of two committees, with overlapping membership but with different rules for passing decisions; the passage of a joint resolution requires separate approval by each committee. They show that it is possible for one voter a to be stronger (have greater voting power) than another voter b in both of the two committees, while in the two-committee system (considered as a single composite entity) b is stronger than a.-U3 The authors argue that this apparently paradoxical phenomenon is inherent in the structure of the decision-making system in question, rather than being an artefact of any particular index used to measure voting power. Copyright 1998 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  • Felsenthal, Dan S & Machover, Moshe, 1998. "The Product Paradox of Voting Power," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 96(1-2), pages 81-92, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:96:y:1998:i:1-2:p:81-92
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    1. Werner Kirsch & Jessica Langner, 2010. "Power indices and minimal winning coalitions," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 34(1), pages 33-46, January.

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