Correlation, Partitioning and the Probability of Casting a Decisive Vote under the Majority Rule
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- Le Breton, Michel & Lepelley, Dominique & Smaoui, Hatem, 2016. "Correlation, partitioning and the probability of casting a decisive vote under the majority rule," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 11-22.
- Michel Le Breton & Dominique Lepelley & Hatem Smaoui, 2016. "Correlation, partitioning and the probability of casting a decisive vote under the majority rule," Post-Print hal-01452554, HAL.
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Elections; Power Measurement; Voting; Random Electorate;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2016-03-06 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2016-03-06 (Positive Political Economics)
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