Power indices when players can commit to reject coalitions

László Kóczy ()

No 1431, CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS from Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies

Abstract: Power indices have been used to evaluate the allocation of power in a wide range of voting situations. While they use the language of game theory known measures of a priori voting power are hardly more than statistical expectations assuming the random behaviour of the players. We introduce a model where players can reject certain partnerships in cooperation. For normalised indices strategic rejection may increase power. Our notion of a strategic power index is well defined if power is measured by an index that takes only minimal winning coalitions into account.

Keywords: quarrelling; rejected coalitions; a priori voting power; power indices; minimal winning coalitions; rational players (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C71 D71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2014-11
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Journal Article: Power Indices When Players can Commit to Reject Coalitions (2016)
Working Paper: Power indices when players can commit to reject coalitions (2013)
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