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math.PR2012★ 1 cited
The fate of the square root law for correlated voting
Werner Kirsch, Jessica Langner
We consider two-tier voting system and try to determine optimal weights for a fair representation in such systems. A prominent example of such a voting system is the Council of Min…
math.HO2008
Invariably Suboptimal - An attempt to improve the voting rules of Treaties of Nice and Lisbon
Werner Kirsch, Jessica Langner
We investigate the voting rules in the Council of the European Union. It is known that the current system, according to the Treaty of Nice, and the voting system proposed in the Li…
math.CO2008
Power Indices and minimal winning Coalitions
Werner Kirsch, Jessica Langner
The Penrose-Banzhaf index and the Shapley-Shubik index are the best-known and the most used tools to measure political power of voters in simple voting games. Most methods to calcu…