Measuring power in voting bodies

Harvey Kushner and Arnold Urken

Public Choice, 1973, vol. 15, issue 1, 77-85

Abstract: This analysis of the Dahl and Brams measures of voting power indicates that the Brams measure is a more valid measure of power in voting bodies. Nevertheless, in cases in which abstention or absences are formal orde facto voting alternatives, the Brams index becomes invalid because it does not account for the full range of an actor's choices. Moreover, the utility of the Brams index is limited by the problem of analyzing the power orderings it generates. Copyright Center for Study of Pubic Choice Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1973

Date: 1973
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