Fischer, Dietrich; Schotter, Andrew - In: Public Choice 33 (1978) 2, pp. 49-67
In voting bodies, when voting weights are reallocated, it may be observed that the voting power of some members, as measured by the Shapley-Shubik and Banzhaf power indices, increases while their voting weight decreases. By a simple constructive proof, this paper shows that such a “paradox of...