Efficiency of fairness in voting systems

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Fair representation of voters in a committee representing different voters' groups is being broadly discussed during last few years. Assuming we know what the fair representation is, there exists a problem of optimal quota: given a fair distribution of voting weights, how to set up voting rule (quota) in such a way that distribution of relative a priori voting power is as close as possible to distribution of relative voting weights. Together with optimal quota problem a problem of trade-off between fairness and efficiency (ability of a voting body to change status quo) is formalized by a fairness-efficiency matrix.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IES Working Paper ; No. 13/2009

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Cooperative Games ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior ; Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
• Subject: committee system ; efficiency ; fairness ; fairness-efficiency matrix ; indirect voting power ; optimal quota ; power indices ; voting system ; Gerechtigkeit ; Abstimmungsregel ; Machtindex ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Turnovec, František
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES)
• (where): Prague
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/83301
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