Coalition Formation Theories Revisited: An Empirical Investigation of Aumann’s Hypothesis

Vincent C. H. Chua and Dan S. Felsenthal
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Vincent C. H. Chua: Singapore Management University
Dan S. Felsenthal: University of Haifa

Chapter 9. in Power, Freedom, and Voting, 2008, pp 159-183 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In one of the earliest attempts to examine the effect of a priori voting power on actual political phenomena, Riker (1959) looked at changes in party affiliation in the French National Assembly in 1953–54, and used these data to test the hypothesis that deputies who switched parties were seeking thereby to increase their a priori voting power. His findings were negative, or at best inconclusive.

Keywords: Coalition Formation; Simple Majority; Vote Power; Winning Coalition; Coalition Member (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73382-9_9

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