Strategic power indices: Quarrelling in coalitions

László Á. Kóczy ()

No 820, IEHAS Discussion Papers from Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: While they use the language of game theory known measures of a priory voting power are hardly more than statistical expectations assuming voters behave randomly. Focusing on normalised indices we show that rational players would behave differently from the in-dices predictions and propose a model that captures such strategic behaviour.

Keywords: Banzhaf index; Shapley-Shubik index; a priori voting power; rational players (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C71 D72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008-11
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Working Paper: Strategic power indices: Quarrelling in coalitions (2006)
Working Paper: Strategic power indices: Quarrelling in coalitions (2008)
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