Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/83301 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IES Working Paper No. 13/2009
Publisher: 
Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES), Prague
Abstract: 
Fair representation of voters in a committee representing different voters' groups is being broadly discussed during last few years. Assuming we know what the fair representation is, there exists a problem of optimal quota: given a fair distribution of voting weights, how to set up voting rule (quota) in such a way that distribution of relative a priori voting power is as close as possible to distribution of relative voting weights. Together with optimal quota problem a problem of trade-off between fairness and efficiency (ability of a voting body to change status quo) is formalized by a fairness-efficiency matrix.
Subjects: 
committee system
efficiency
fairness
fairness-efficiency matrix
indirect voting power
optimal quota
power indices
voting system
JEL: 
C71
D72
H77
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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