the EU’s total population; and even though their economic output is much lower, it rises dynamically. New members’ impact … on the EU policies has nevertheless been limited. This is due not only to the arcane voting rules within the EU, but also …, however, they have to coordinate their voting and become a more coherent voting group than they are now. -- European Union …

the EU's total population; and even though their economic output is much lower, it rises dynamically. New members' impact … on the EU policies has nevertheless been limited. This is due not only to the arcane voting rules within the EU, but also …, however, they have to coordinate their voting and become a more coherent voting group than they are now. -- European Union …

We study indirect democracy in which countries, states, or districts each elect a representative who later votes at a … union level on their behalf. We show that the voting rule that maximizes the total expected utility of all agents in the … of weighted votes is cast for change. We analyze how the weights relate to the population size of a country and the …

Eurostat's latest population projections. There is a remarkably sharp relation between population size and the change in power …

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 …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 …