The rational choice tradition has generated three models of competitive political party
behavior: the vote-seeking party, the office-seeking party, and the policy-seeking party …

Coalition theory typically treats political parties involved in government formation in
parliamentary democracies as if they were unconstrained players in an institution-free world …

Power indices for political and financial decision making: A review Page 1 Section IV Group
Decision Making Through Voting Page 2 Page 3 Annals of Operations Research 51(1994)165-173 …

In this paper we propose a simple model for measuring 'success' or 'decisiveness' in voting
situations. For an assessment of these features two inputs are claimed to be necessary: the …

This book investigates bargaining between two agents. Its objective is to present, to extend,
and to apply the present state of theoretical knowledge. A wide range of questions will be …

Who will have power in the enlarged European Union? How will the enlargement of the EU
alter the configuration of Member States'a priori voting power in the Council of Ministers …

La tradición de la elección racional ha generado tres modelos sobre el comportamiento de
los partidos políticos competitivos: el partido que va en busca del voto, el partido que va en …

Riker'ssize principle'predicts that only minimal winning coalitions (MWCs) will form in n-
person zero-sum games that satisfy certain conditions. After summarizing the logic of this …

In this paper, we generalize the Hoede-Bakker index, which is a measure for the power of
agents in a network, taking into account the mutual influences of the agents. We adopt sets …

Der Beitrag präsentiert den Stand der ökonomischen Analyse von Politik in Deutschland.
Nach einer kurzen Skizze des Grundmodells, der Gegenstandsbereiche und des …