| Author(s): |
† prof. RNDr. Ing. František Turnovec CSc.,
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| Type: |
Articles in refereed journals |
| Year: |
2008 |
| Number: |
0 |
| ISSN / ISBN: |
0943-0180 |
| Published in: |
Homo Oeconomicus |
| Publishing place: |
Accedo Verlag, Munich |
| Keywords: |
Committee system, efficiency, fairness, fairness-efficiency matrix, indirect voting power, optimal quota, power indices, voting system |
| JEL codes: |
C71, D72, H77 |
| Suggested Citation: |
Turnovec F. (2008), Efficiency of Fairness in Voting Systems. Homo Oeconomicus, vol. 25, No. 3-4, pp. 335-348. |
| Grants: |
IES Research Framework Institutional task (2005-2011) Integration of the Czech economy into European union and its development
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| Abstract: |
Fair representation of voters in a committee representing different voters’ groups is being broadly discussed during last few years. Assuming we know what the fair representation is, there exists a problem of optimal quota: given a “fair” distribution of voting weights, how to set up voting rule (quota) in such a way that distribution of relative a priori voting power is as close as possible to distribution of relative voting weights. Together with optimal quota problem a problem of trade-off between fairness and efficiency (ability of a voting body to change status quo) is formalized by a fairness-efficiency matrix |
| Downloadable: |
Efficiency of Fairness in Voting Systems
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