Games and Political Decisions

Nicola F. Maaser ()
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Nicola F. Maaser: University of Bayreuth

Chapter Chapter 1 in Decision-Making in Committees, 2010, pp 1-40 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter provides an introduction to some fundamental aspects of decision-making in committees. ‘Committee’ is used to refer to a decision-making body that comprises a small number of members (as opposed to a referendum situation), and chooses from a set of well-defined policy alternatives (in contrast to the electorate in a general election which usually chooses between candidates or party platforms). Decisions are ultimately reached by putting alternatives to a vote according to some voting rule specifying which subsets of all committee members can pass a proposal. This notion of a committee differs from everyday language where the term also applies to expert panels with advisory function, or organizational subunits that make recommendations or submit proposals to some superordinate organization.

Keywords: Ideal Point; Power Index; Vote Rule; Simple Game; Winning Coalition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04153-2_1

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