In an economic theory of voting, voters have positive or negative costs of voting in favor of a proposal and positive … or negative benefits from an accepted proposal. When votes have equal weight then simultaneous voting mostly has a unique … pure strategy Nash equilibrium which is independent of benefits. Voting with respect to (arbitrarily small) costs alone …

This thesis deals with the measurement of voting power in different decision environments. After a short introduction … Economic Community (EEC) with a more comprehensive picture of Luxembourg's role in EEC's voting system. It turns out that the … assessment of Luxembourg's voting power is sensitive to the role played by the European Commission in the decision …