Consider a voting procedure where countries, states, or districts comprising a union each elect representatives who … characterization of the efficient voting rule in terms of the weights assigned to different districts and the voting threshold (how … correlation structure of agents preferences, we analyze how voting weights relate to the population size of a country. We then …

Consider a voting procedure where countries, states, or districts comprising a union each elect representatives who … characterization of the efficient voting rule in terms of the weights assigned to different districts and the voting threshold (how … correlation structure of agents preferences, we analyze how voting weights relate to the population size of a country. We then …

uence voting outcomes. We develop a probabilistic voting model in which voters do not have complete information about the …

exit does not require new negotiations as the success of a voting initiative only depends on the number and total …

representations in union of states, is discussed. This concept, introduced into discussion about voting rights in the Council of … European Union in 2004, was narrowed to proposal of distribution of voting weights among the member states proportionally to … square roots of population. Such a distribution should guarantee the same indirect voting power to each EU citizen, measured …

the process by removing the most controversial element: the voting weights. The new system relies entirely on population … majority voting ; Banzhaf index ; Shapley-Shubik index ; a priori voting power ; demographics …

We analyze the ECB Governing Council’s voting procedures. The literature has by now discussed numerous aspects of the … rotation model but does not account for many institutional aspects of the voting procedure of the GC. Using the randomization …