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The Mathematics and Statistics of Voting Power

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Gelman, Andrew
Katz, Jonathan N.
Tuerlinckx, Francis

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Paper provided by California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences in its series Working Papers with number 1141.

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  1. Strömberg, David, 2002. "Optimal Campaigning in Presidential Elections: The Probability of Being Florida," Seminar Papers 706, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies. [Downloadable!]
  2. Casey B. Mulligan & Charles G. Hunter, 2001. "The Empirical Frequency of a Pivotal Vote," NBER Working Papers 8590, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Donal G. Saari & Katri K. Sieberg, 1999. "Some Surprising Properties of Power Indices," Discussion Papers 1271, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science. [Downloadable!]
  4. Strömberg, David, 2002. "Optimal Campaigning in Presidential Elections: The Probability of Being Florida," CEPR Discussion Papers 3372, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Chamberlain, Gary & Rothschild, Michael, 1981. "A note on the probability of casting a decisive vote," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 25(1), pages 152-162, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Katz, Jonathan N. & Gelman, Andrew & King, Gary, 2002. "Empirically Evaluating the Electoral College," Working Papers 1134, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences. [Downloadable!]
  7. Natapoff, A, 1996. " A Mathematical One-Man One-Vote Rationale for Madisonian Presidential Voting Based on Maximum Individual Voting Power," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 88(3-4), pages 259-73, September.
  8. Dennis Leech, 2002. "An Empirical Comparison of the Performance of Classical Power Indices," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 50(1), pages 1-22, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Chris Cain & Peter Basciano & Ellen Cain, 2007. "The electoral college: diversification and the election process," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 18(1), pages 21-34, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Serguei Kaniovski, 2008. "The exact bias of the Banzhaf measure of power when votes are neither equiprobable nor independent," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, vol. 31(2), pages 281-300, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Fabrice Barthélémy & Mathieu MARTIN, 2007. "A comparison between the methods of apportionment using power indices: the case of the U.S. presidential election," THEMA Working Papers 2007-26, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise. [Downloadable!]
  4. Paterson, Iain, 2006. "Voting Power Derives from the Poll Distribution. Shedding Light on Contentious Issues of Weighted Votes and the Constitutional Treaty," Economics Series 187, Institute for Advanced Studies. [Downloadable!]
  5. Van Kolpin, 2003. "Voting Power Under Uniform Representation," Economics Bulletin, Economics Bulletin, vol. 4(2), pages 1-5. [Downloadable!]
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