vote independently of each other. Thus, we receive as an empirical result what the previous voting power literature assumed. …

called inverse power problem needs to be solved. I introduce a new method to address this problem in two-tier voting settings …There are many situations in which different groups make collective decisions by committee voting, where each group is … represented by a single person. Theoretical concepts suggest how the voting systems in such committees should be designed, but …

the Supreme Court need not choose between equalizing representation and equalizing voting power as it is asked to do in … in voting power. I derive the relationship between the deviation of voting power and the deviation of voting populations … and show that the standard of 10% deviation in the voting population leads to a deviation of less than 10% in voting power …

This paper develops the symmetric power order, a measure of voting power for multicandidate elections. The measure … generalizes standard pivotality-based voting power measures for binary elections, such as Banzhaf power. At the same time, the … symmetric power order to show that pivotality only measures voting power in monotonic elections, and is not a good measure in …

subjects such as voting power distribution. It also addresses several shortcomings of the Liberal Intergovernmentalist … designed to be considered in the same time fair and efficient, and in analysing how close this voting power ideal type …The Qualified Majority Voting (QMV) used by the Council of the European Union developed to a high degree of complexity …

recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a … crucial role in voting decisions. …

we look at a particular aspect, the power distribution in the Council of the European Union. Since the Lisbon treaty the … exit does not require new negotiations as the success of a voting initiative only depends on the number and total … population of the supporting member states. Using the Shapley-Shubik power index we calculate the member states' powers with and …

at a particular aspect, the power distribution in the Council of the European Union. Using the Shapley-Shubik power index …, we calculate the member states' powers with and without the United Kingdom and update earlier power forecasts using the … Eurostat's latest population projections. There is a remarkably sharp relation between population size and the change in power …

Politics in the Council is Janus-faced. There is bargaining with identifiable winners and losers, yet the voting … theoretical models of voting typically assume that actors’ behavior is guided by their positions relative to the proposal and the … status quo. By combining positional data and voting data, we evaluate to what extent voting is driven by salience …

This thesis deals with the measurement of voting power in different decision environments. After a short introduction … assessment of Luxembourg's voting power is sensitive to the role played by the European Commission in the decision … voting power indices can capture. …