Voting Power and Procedures Essays in Honour of Dan Felsenthal and Moshé Machover /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fara, Rudolf (Editor), Leech, Dennis (Editor), Salles, Maurice (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Studies in Choice and Welfare,
• Subjects: Political economy.; Political philosophy.; Game theory.; Economic theory.; Public finance.; Economics.; Public Economics.; Political Economy.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Political Philosophy.

This collection of essays honouring Dan Felsenthal and Moshé Machover reconsiders foundational aspects of the measurement of voting power. The specific case of voting power in two-tier systems - for instance the US system and the EU system - is analysed. Furthermore major power indices - Penrose, Ba...

Table of Contents:

• Foundations of Power Measurement
• Power in Two-Tier Voting Systems
• Penrose, Banzhaf, Shapley-Shubik, et al
• Political Competition and Voting Procedures.