Brams, Steven J.; Fishburn, Peter C. - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 7 (1995) 3, pp. 301-316
Riker's `size principle' predicts that only minimal winning coalitions (MWCs) will form in n-person zero-sum games that satisfy certain conditions. After summarizing the logic of this principle, a model is proposed in which n players can be ordered from most to least weighty. Two different kinds...