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Heuristic and exact solutions to the inverse power index problem for small voting bodies

Kurz, Sascha; Napel, Stefan - 2012

Power indices are mappings that quantify the influence of the members of a voting body on collective decisions a priori. Their nonlinearity and discontinuity makes it difficult to compute inverse images, i.e., to determine a voting system which induces a power distribution as close as possible...

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The role of electoral and party systems in the development of fiscal institutions in the Central and Eastern European countries

Yläoutinen, Sami - 2004

The literature on fiscal institutions has established a connection between the design of fiscal institutions and a country’s political fundamentals. The paper includes a review of the party and electoral systems in the Central and Eastern European countries (the CEECs) and then reaches...

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Das Bundestagswahlrecht aus Perspektive der Social Choice-Theorie

Lindner, Tobias - 2010

Das derzeitige Wahlsystem zum Deutschen Bundestag weist einen schwerwiegenden Defekt auf: Mehr Stimmen für eine Partei … bisherigen Lösungsvorschläge systematisiert werden. Dabei stellt sich heraus, dass es kein Wahlsystem geben kann, das …

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Political consequences of Germany's mixed-member system: Personalization at the grass-roots?

Klingemann, Hans-Dieter; Weßels, Bernhard - 1999

Dem deutschen Wahlsystem werden international einige Vorteile gegenüber anderen Wahlsystemen bescheinigt, die z ….B. Neuseeland sogar zur Nachahmung angeregt haben. Als gemischtes Wahlsystem kombiniert es das Prinzip proportionaler Repräsentation … der Wahlrechtsänderungen in der Bundesrepublik, dass das Wahlsystem tatsächlich einen beträchtlichen Anteil an der Größe …

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Verfahren der Willensbildung und Selbstverwaltung im Internet: Das Beispiel ICANN und die At-Large-Membership

Hofmann, Jeanette - 2002

Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit einem Experiment im Bereich transnationaler demokratischer Willensbildung. Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung steht die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), ein 1998 gegründete gemeinnützige Unternehmen mit Sitz in Kalifornien, das...

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Wie wählt Europa? Das polymorphe Wahlsystem zum Europäischen Parlament

Nohlen, Dieter - 2004

Mit der Neuwahl des Europäischen Parlaments (EP) nach der bislang größten Erweiterung der Europäischen Union (EU) steht das Verfahren, wie diese nun 732 Mitglieder umfassende Versammlung gewählt wird, erneut zur Debatte. Denn nach wie vor ist das Wahlrecht zum EP im Wesentlichen national...

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On Compulsory Voting and Income Inequality in a Cross-Section of Countries

Chong, Alberto; Olivera, Mauricio - 2005

This paper explores the link between compulsory voting and income distribution using a cross-section of countries around the world. Our empirical cross-country analysis for 91 countries during the period 1960-2000 shows that compulsory voting, when enforced strictly, improves income...

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Political Particularism around the World

Wallack, Jessica Seddon; Gaviria, Alejandro; Panizza, Ugo; … - 2002

This paper presents a new dataset on electoral systems and outlines its potential uses in further research exploring the connections between electoral systems and economic outcomes. The dataset provides indicators of the degree to which individual politicians can further their careers by...

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Does Remuneration Affect the Discipline and the Selection of Politicians? Evidence from Pay Harmonization in the European Parliament

Braendle, Thomas - 2013

We study the harmonization of the base remuneration for the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who were previously paid like national parliamentarians implying large differences between the delegations from the 27 member countries. Based on detailed information on individual MEPs between...

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Do Institutions Affect Citizens' Selection into Politics?

Braendle, Thomas - 2013

Traditional political economy has paid primary attention to the structuring of the principal-agent relationship between citizens and politicians and the role of competition and institutions in disciplining political agents. However, as the electoral control of politicians and the credibility of...

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