This paper is devoted to the study of power in Parliaments. We explain how the power of coalitions can be computed after elections. We add to the existing literature by using this analysis to predict what government may emerge from these elections. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media,...

This paper is devoted to the study of power in Parliaments. We explain how the power of coalitions can be computed after political elections, and as a di¤erence with some previous papers, this analysis is used to give a prediction of what government can emerge from these elections.