Voting Power Derives from the Poll Distribution. Shedding Light on Contentious Issues of Weighted Votes and the Constitutional Treaty
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Keywords
Voting power indices; Power gradient; Coefficient of representation; Expected decisiveness; Efficiency; Blocking leverage; Constitution of the European Union;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
- C71 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Cooperative Games
- D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
- D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2006-03-25 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-GTH-2006-03-25 (Game Theory)
- NEP-POL-2006-03-25 (Positive Political Economics)
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