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Fairness and squareness: fair decision making rules in the EU Council?

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In this paper we analyze the following problem: assuming that the distribution of voting weights in a simple voting committee is fair (whatever this means), how should we set up a voting rule to guarantee that the distribution of influence (relative voting power) is as close as possible to relative voting weights.

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  • František Turnovec, 2009. "Fairness and squareness: fair decision making rules in the EU Council?," Operations Research and Decisions, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Management, vol. 19(4), pages 110-124.
    • Handle: RePEc:wut:journl:v:4:y:2009:p:110-124:id:149
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