; federation ; intergovernmental organization ; qualified majority ; power indices ; simple voting committee …

we look at a particular aspect, the power distribution in the Council of the European Union. Since the Lisbon treaty the … exit does not require new negotiations as the success of a voting initiative only depends on the number and total … population of the supporting member states. Using the Shapley-Shubik power index we calculate the member states' powers with and …

The Coleman Power of the Collectivity to Act (CPCA) is a popular statistic that reflects the ability of a committee to … pass a proposal. Applying the Shapley value to this measure, we derive a new power index that indicates each voter … property that stipulates that sum of the voters' power equals the CPCA. Similar to the Shapley-Shubik index (SSI) and the …

square roots of population. Such a distribution should guarantee the same indirect voting power to each EU citizen, measured … by Penrose-Banzhaf index of voting power. In this paper we attempt to clarify this concept. … representations in union of states, is discussed. This concept, introduced into discussion about voting rights in the Council of …

Voting power in voting situations is measured by the probability of changing decisions by altering the cast 'yes' or … voting power ; power index ; being absent from voting ; minority ; Shapley-Shubik index ; Shapley value … change decisions. This theory is often applied to weighted voting situations, where voters can cast multiple votes. Measuring …

classical power indices. The main emphasis in the assessment is in stability, efficiency and fairness. The paper concludes that …

classical power indices. The main emphasis in the assessment is in stability, efficiency and fairness. The paper concludes that …

strategic disadvantage: a greater voting power in forming a winning coalition is undermined by the threat of being overly …