Truncating Seat Ranges: Minimum-Maximum Restrictions

Friedrich Pukelsheim
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Friedrich Pukelsheim: Universität Augsburg, Institut für Mathematik

Chapter Chapter 12 in Proportional Representation, 2014, pp 156-176 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Some electoral systems restrict the eventual seat numbers to respect a guaranteed minimum or, occasionally, to obey a preordained maximum. Minimum restrictions or maximum restrictions form an obstacle for quota methods, but are accommodated easily by divisor methods.

Keywords: Member State; Vote Weight; House Size; Representative Weight; Divisor Method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03856-8_12

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