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remainder and the principle of Sainte-Laguë & Webster. The latter can be optimal for apportionment of states or districts that …
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This paper deals with the problem of two-dimensional proportional representation most commonly encountered when seats are to be allocated in a region where voters are classified according to the double cleavage of the constituency in which they vote and the party of their choice. A priority is...
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The European Parliament is one of the most important institutions of the European Union. One of its main tasks is to represent the citizens of the European Union. The representation power of a state depends on its population. Unfortunately the number of inhabitants of states is distinguished by...
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Degressive proportionality constitutes the main conceptual criterion to determine the composition of the European Parliament (EP). In reality, however, this concept entails serious practical problems as exemplified by the current distribution of seats in the EP. This article takes up the call...
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One of the aims of the new electoral law of Hungary has been to define a fairer apportionment into voting districts … split smaller towns and villages and not to cross county borders. We show that such an apportionment is mathematically … and using our efficient algorithm and the data of the 2010 national elections we determine the optimal apportionment. We …
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corporate profit tax system and profits are regionally allocated using an apportionment formula. Two important results emerge in … that the recent shift by most states in the U.S. towards a formula apportionment that gives a higher weight to the sales …
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Empirical studies of the economic effects of changes in state corporate income tax apportionment policies generally … weight (and uniformly lowering weights on payroll and property) in state corporate income tax apportionment formulae. The …
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to apportionment by Webster's method, which minimizes the absolute difference of per capita representation between the … representation yielded by cumulative voting is identical to that obtained from apportionment by Jefferson's method, and for more than … apportionment. These results confirm the potential of cumulative voting to yield representation proportional or nearly proportional …
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corporate profit tax system and profits are regionally allocated using an apportionment formula. Two important results emerge in … that the recent shift by most states in the U.S. towards a formula apportionment that gives a higher weight to the sales …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781371
componentization being called apportionment. The necessity of value apportionment appeared along with the increased concern of the … State regarding the tax collection process, where the apportionment method was used in order to individualize the item …
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