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Apportionment in times of digitalization

Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2023

solution to the apportionment problem. All of these are illustrated using the example of the 2021 German Bundestag elections. …

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Game theory

Rosenmüller, Joachim; Trockel, Walter - 2001

Game Theory describes human interaction involving conflict, cooperation and competition, the term Interpersonal Decision Theory is synonymous. The term reflects the fact that most essential features of this field are manifested in parlor games. This topic-level treatment covers large parts of...

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Apportionment and districting by sum of ranking differences

Sziklai, Balázs R.; Héberger, Károly - 2020

possibilities. Apportionment and districting are two critical issues that emerge in relation to democratic elections. Theoreticians … unique best method in either cases. Using data from Norway and the US we rank the standard methods both for the apportionment … and for the districting problem. In case of apportionment, we find that all the classical methods perform reasonably well …

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Választókörzetek igazságosan?

Biró, Péter; Sziklai, Balázs; Kóczy, László Á. - 2012

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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Fair Apportionment in the View of the Venice Commission's Recommendation

Biró, Péter; Kóczy, László Á.; Sziklai, Balázs - 2013

definition, is not compatible with monotonicity and Hare-quota properties, two standard requirements of apportionment rules. We … lexicographically minimized. This apportionment rule is a well-defined allocation mechanism compatible with and derived from the … recommendation of the Venice Commission. Finally, we compare this apportionment rule with mainstream mechanisms using real data from …

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Party Formation and Coalitional Bargaining in a Model of Proportional Representation

Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha; Oak, Mandar - 2004

We study a game theoretic model of a parliamentary democracy under proportional representation where `citizen candidates' form parties, voting occurs and governments are formed. We study the coalition governments that emerge as functions of the parties' seat shares, the size of the rents from...

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A dynamic theory of parliamentary democracy

Baron, David P.; Diermeier, Daniel; Fong, Pohan - 2007

This paper presents a dynamic model of election, government formation, and legislation in a parliamentary democracy with proportional representation in which the policy chosen in one period becomes the status quo for the next period. The electorate votes strategically by taking into account the...

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The power of parties

Fiva, Jon H.; Folke, Olle; Sørensen, Rune J. - 2013

As with the market for goods and services, democratic competition involves political parties offering their services (policy programs) to citizen-consumers who vote for their preferred partisan supplier. Little is known about the partial effect of a shift in parties' seat shares for given voter...

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A Simultaneous Analysis of Turnout and Voting under Proportional Representation: Theory and Experiments

Kamm, Aaron; Schram, Arthur - 2013

In a system of proportional representation, we study the interaction between a voter's turnout decision and her party choice, and how these relate to party polarization. Quantal response equilibria predict such interaction effects. In particular they predict (i) a Polarization Effect: reduced...

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Predictive accuracy of political stock markets: Empirical evidence from an European perspective

Berlemann, Michael; Schmidt, Carsten - 2001

In a meta study of 25 political stock markets conducted in Germany in the last decade we analyze their predictive success. Although the predictions of political stock markets are highly correlated with the corresponding polls, the markets are able to aggregate additional information. One...

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