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Kybernetika 42(4):483-493, 2006.

Power Analysis of Voting by Count and Account

Midori Hirokawa and Milan Vlach


Abstract:

Using players' Shapley--Shubik power indices, Peleg [4] proved that voting by count and account is more egalitarian than voting by account. In this paper, we show that a stronger shift in power takes place when the voting power of players is measured by their Shapley--Shubik indices. Moreover, we prove that analogous power shifts also occur with respect to the absolute Banzhaf and the absolute Johnston power indices.


Keywords: cooperative games; voting; power indices;


AMS: 91A12; 91B12; 91B14;


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BIB TeX

@article{kyb:2006:4:483-493,

author = {Hirokawa, Midori and Vlach, Milan },

title = {Power Analysis of Voting by Count and Account},

journal = {Kybernetika},

volume = {42},

year = {2006},

number = {4},

pages = {483-493}

publisher = {{\'U}TIA, AV {\v C}R, Prague },

}


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