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 …

people behind the veil of ignorance prefer voting systems following the rule of proportional Shapley-Shubik power; in front …There are many situations in which different groups make collective decisions by committee voting, with each group … represented by a single person. A natural question is what voting system such a committee should use. Concepts based on voting …

and power measure for one of the most studied decision models, namely that of binary voting. …Power is a core concept in the analysis and design of organizations. One of the problems with the extant literature on … positional power in hierarchies is that it is mainly restricted to the analysis of power in terms of the bare positions of the …

particular they predict (i) a Polarization Effect: reduced strategic party choice when voting is voluntary makes voters more … likely to vote for extreme parties (conditional on voting at all); (ii) an Extremist Effect: voters supporting extreme … world elections. Hence, the interaction between turnout and strategic voting that has been neglected in most of the previous …

Power index research has been a very active field in the last decades. Will this continue or are all the important … questions solved? We argue that there are still many opportunities to conduct useful research with and on power indices …

voting, where voters choose from three options. We are interested in the occurrence of strategic voting in an environment … experimental data. Our results indeed show that strategic voting arises, the extent of which depends on (i) the availability of … results show that information serves as a coordination device where strategic voting does not harm the plurality …

qualityhas been acquired or not, we compare the performance of a delegation structure with that oftwo voting procedures …. Delegation makes one's acceptance decision pivotal by definition.The decisiveness of one's vote in a voting procedure depends on …

committee, in whicha subset of members may meet prior to the voting in the committeeand therefore has the possibility to reach … the setting of interest rates by the committee, provided thatmembers on average are equally skilled and voting takes place …