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On the Weights of Nations: Assigning Voting Weights in a Heterogenous Union

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dc.creator Jackson, Matthew O
dc.creator Barberà, Salvador
dc.date 2007-11-05T12:20:28Z
dc.date 2007-11-05T12:20:28Z
dc.date 2003-08-11
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T00:57:58Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T00:57:58Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/1817
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/1817
dc.description Consider a voting procedure where countries, states, or districts comprising a union each elect representatives who then participate in later votes at the union level on their behalf. The countries, provinces, and states may vary in their populations and composition. If we wish to maximize the total expected utility of all agents in the union, how to weight the votes of the representatives of the different countries, states or districts at the union level? We provide a simple characterization of the efficient voting rule in terms of the weights assigned to different districts and the voting threshold (how large a qualified majority is needed to induce change versus the status quo). Next, in the context of a model of the correlation structure of agents preferences, we analyze how voting weights relate to the population size of a country. We then analyze the voting weights in Council of the European Union under the Nice Treaty and the recently proposed constitution, and contrast them under different versions of our model.
dc.language eng
dc.relation UFAE and IAE Working Papers
dc.relation 597.03
dc.rights openAccess
dc.title On the Weights of Nations: Assigning Voting Weights in a Heterogenous Union
dc.type Documento de trabajo


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