In this study, we examine a model of endogenous apportionment. Society determines by majority vote the allocation of weights in a council (or parliament) of state representatives. Each citizen decides his vote by considering which allocation induces a higher chance that the council will make his...

This paper considers collective decision-making when individuals are partitioned into groups (e.g., states or parties) endowed with voting weights. We study a game in which each group chooses an internal rule that specifies the allocation of its weight to the alternatives as a function of its...

In an indirect voting system, a “majority inversion” occurs if a majority decision of locally elected delegates differs from that of the entire society. In the context of an apportionment problem, we point out a close relationship between reducing the probability of majority inversion and...