Targeting the House Size: Discrepancy Distribution

Friedrich Pukelsheim
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Friedrich Pukelsheim: Universität Augsburg, Institut für Mathematik

Chapter Chapter 6 in Proportional Representation, 2014, pp 80-94 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Technical aspects are discussed that are common to divisor methods and to quota methods. The methods start with an initial seat apportionment possibly missing the target house size by some discrepancy. The range of variation of the discrepancy is analyzed.

Keywords: Discrepancy Distribution; Invariance Principle; Vote Share; Vote Count; House Size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03856-8_6

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