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La détermination du nombre des délégués au sein des structures intercommunales : une application de l'indice de pouvoir de Banzhaf

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  • Franck Bisson
  • Jean Bonnet
  • Dominique Lepelley

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We investigate in this paper the representation of the cities inside the french local entities called E.P.C.I. (Etablissement Public de Coopération Intercommunale). In these entities, each city is represented by a given number of delegates. Our analysis focuses on E.PC.I.s from Basse-Normandie and is based upon the notion of voting power index (in the sense of Banzhaf), borrowed from cooperative game theory. Our calculations take into account the fact that some coalitions are more likely to occur than others. It turns out that the voting power of cities is often different from their relative size, as measured by their population. We finally propose an algorithm allowing the determination of the « optimal » number of delegates for each city. Classification JEL : D7.

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  • Franck Bisson & Jean Bonnet & Dominique Lepelley, 2004. "La détermination du nombre des délégués au sein des structures intercommunales : une application de l'indice de pouvoir de Banzhaf," Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine, Armand Colin, vol. 0(2), pages 259-281.
  • Handle: RePEc:cai:rerarc:reru_042_0259
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    1. F. Barthélémy & M. Martin, 2005. "Répartition des sièges au sein des structures intercommunales du Val d’Oise," THEMA Working Papers 2005-16, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise.
    2. Le Breton, Michel & Lepelley, Dominique & Macé, Antonin & Merlin, Vincent, 2017. "Le mécanisme optimal de vote au sein du conseil des représentants d’un système fédéral," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 93(1-2), pages 203-248, Mars-Juin.
    3. Fabrice Barthelemy & Mathieu Martin, 2011. "A Comparison Between the Methods of Apportionment Using Power Indices: the Case of the US Presidential Elections," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 101-102, pages 87-106.
    4. Stéphane Blancard & Dominique Lepelley & Hatem Smaoui, 2020. "L'évolution du pouvoir de vote des communes au sein des communautés d'agglomération de La Réunion," Post-Print hal-03543420, HAL.

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    power indices; representation; inter-communities; application;
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    • D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making

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