Optimal Quota in a Mixed Fairness Model1
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چکیده
We will analyze indirect weighted voting systems as the Council of the European Union and examine fair distributions of voting weights for the delegates, representing voting bodies of size n1, . . . , nm, applying a mixed fairness model. We will see that using a specific quota jointly with mixed voting weights yields a concordance of voting powers and voting weights. We will prove this result and furthermore examine other fairness concepts for the Council of Ministers in the European Union.
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