Influence in weighted committees

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Committee decisions on more than two alternatives much depend the adopted aggregation rule, and so does distribution of power among committee members. We quantify how different voting methods such as pairwise majority votes, plurality with or without a runoff, Borda rule map asymmetric numbers seats, shares, weights, etc. to influence collective outcomes when individual preferences vary. Generalizations Penrose-Banzhaf Shapley-Shubik indices are proposed applied elections IMF Managing Director. Previous analysis priori in binary is thus extended universal social choice rules.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: European Economic Review

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1873-572X', '0014-2921']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103634