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Randomly Selected Representative Committees

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  • Hasday, Michael J.

    (Anderson & Ochs, LLP.)

  • Peris, Josep E.

    (University of Alicante, D. Quantitative Methods and Economic Theory)

  • Subiza, Begoña

    (University of Alicante, D. Quantitative Methods and Economic Theory)

Abstract

When selecting a committee that decides for an entire body of members of a society (a court, legislature, etc.) two main methods are used: random assignment and direct election (whereby the latter method is made by some authority). It is known that both methods have some flaws (Hasday, 2017). We present a new method that proposes a pool of committees so that by randomly selecting a committee within this pool, all members in the society have equal opportunities of being selected and properties of representativeness and coherence are fulfilled.

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  • Hasday, Michael J. & Peris, Josep E. & Subiza, Begoña, 2019. "Randomly Selected Representative Committees," QM&ET Working Papers 19-4, University of Alicante, D. Quantitative Methods and Economic Theory.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:qmetal:2019_004
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    1. SHOR, BORIS & McCARTY, NOLAN, 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 105(3), pages 530-551, August.
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    Keywords

    Representative Committee; Panel Assignment; Institutional Design; Random Assignment; Outlier Panel;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
    • K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General

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