| Author(s): |
† prof. RNDr. Ing. František Turnovec CSc.,
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| Type: |
Articles in refereed journals |
| Year: |
2009 |
| Number: |
4 |
| ISSN / ISBN: |
ISSN 1230-1868 |
| Published in: |
Operations Research and Decisions |
| Publishing place: |
Polsko |
| Keywords: |
fairness, indirect voting power, Penrose–Banzhaf power index, optimal quota, Shapley–Shubik power index, simple voting committee, square root rule |
| JEL codes: |
C71, D72, H77 |
| Suggested Citation: |
Turnovec, F. (2009), Fairness and Squareness: Fair Decision Making Rules in the EU Council?. Operations Research and Decisions, No. 4, 109-124. |
| Grants: |
GACR 402/09/1066: Political Economy of Voting Behavior: Rational Voter Theory and Models of Strategic Voting
IES Research Framework Institutional task (2005-2011) Integration of the Czech economy into European union and its development
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| Abstract: |
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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