One Man, One Vote. Part 2: Measurement of malapportionment and disproportionality and the Lorenz curve A: Introduction and measurement tools

Olivier de Mouzon (), Thibault Laurent () and Michel Le Breton ()
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Olivier de Mouzon: TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Thibault Laurent: TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Michel Le Breton: TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
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Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to explore and estimate the deviation from the "one man, one vote" principle in the context of political representation and its implications for distributive politics. To proceed with the measurement of inequalities in the representation of territories (geographical under/overrepresentation) or opinions/parties (ideological under/overrepresentation), we import (with some important caveats and adjustments) the Lorenz curve which is an important tool in the economics of income distribution. We then consider some indices of maldistribution and disproportionality. We provide several applications of these concepts in Chapter 32.

Date: 2021-06
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Published in Advances in Contemporary Statistics and Econometrics, Springer International Publishing, pp.615-631, 2021, 978-3-030-73248-6. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-73249-3_31⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73249-3_31

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