Criteria for Proportional Representation

Michel Balinski and H. P. Young
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H. P. Young: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

Operations Research, 1979, vol. 27, issue 1, 80-95

Abstract: We investigate methods to allocate seats in proportional representation systems in terms of several underlying common-sense properties. In particular, the idea of stability is introduced, and the method of Jefferson (or d'Hondt) is characterized.

Date: 1979
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